Dayton

[Jay81]

Finally had time today to get to work on this crusty Dayton. Had to bust out the propane torch even though I sprayed everything down with Kroil when I got it. The Kroil definitely helped though. Only broke one rear fender bolt and the strap for the brake arm.
Now that it's apart, I'm going to try the tinker's idea of the warm 20 minute OA bath when I have time, and see what happens.

This chain has a couple stiff links. Actually all but 3 or 4 are frozen. Time for a new chain!

Pulled the crank assembly and I was shocked that it was so clean inside!
Don't know exactly what color this is, sort of yellowish green. Maybe chartreuse? Idk but it's an unusual color.

 

[Hammer]

I'm anxious to see what the OA bath will do for this bike, I really enjoy seeing the results when others have done the OA bath to their bikes, I have a few bags I got off Amazon I dont have a bike to try it on yet but it amazed me what it done to a few Structo, Buddy L and Tonka trucks I picked up at the flea market! Will be following this clean up!

Aaron

 

[Oldnut]

Sweet bike glad you got it

 

[Hammer]

The paint on the fork assembly where it was inside of the head tube looks like new paint as well, and I'm with you it's like an egg nogg looking yellow creamy color as nasty as that sounded

Aaron

 

[SKPC]

Cool bike! It shows it's historical past very well..

 

[Kickstand3]

Here's the Dayton I got today at Ann Arbor.
Looks like it's a 1941. My initial thought was to do an OA bath and I think it would bring back a lot of the paint. However upon further inspection, I see the paint flaking off in a few spots and no matter what method I use to clean it up, I'll end up with some bare spots. Seems like the paint is pretty thin. Not sure what route to take now, but would like to clean it up. Opinions?

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Lot of times more than other the Red comes out pink or a shade of pink with those baths


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[Jay81]

Made a little more progress today. Did a 20 minute warm OA bath, as @the tinker recommended. So far I've only done the parts shown here. This is what they looked like when I took them out of the OA bath and washed them off. It did not seem to hurt the paint at all. The bare spots on the tank were already there, and the red was already faded on the fork and fender.
After these pics were taken I hit the parts with some WD40 and 0000 steel wool to get a little more rust off, and then some wax. Didn't get any more pics after the final treatments because it started raining.