Early Hornet before and after pics

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Looks great , it always makes me wonder why those folks in the old days thought is was a good idea to put paint over a work of art like that.
I always use Stripper in a arerisole can , spray and rinse with water always works for me.

 

[Jim Barnard]

That's unreal! So how many hours just removing the paint? I have ADHD and would never attempt to do that. lol

About 9 or 10 of the hours were paint removal... my fingers still hurt!

 

[jd56]

Looks great , it always makes me wonder why those folks in the old days thought is was a good idea to put paint over a work of art like that.
I always use Stripper in a arerisole can , spray and rinse with water always works for me.

Which stripper?[emoji848]

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[stoney]

Great job Jim. The bike looks great. Can't believe that is the same bike.

 

[Scribble]

Top notch

 

[SJ_BIKER]

.....!!wow just wow!!......

 

[SJ_BIKER]

what did you use to straighten the fenders?

 

[Jeff54]

Super impressed as to how well the acetone cleaned up and restored the rims! [grin] Just the tank in ugly mode was worth the buck quarter.

BTW I think that bike is gonna be, like, a 53 and that goose neck/stem was Schwinn's lowest line, Wald, which was used more frequently after 55 or so. When I was a kid we'd just trash those stems as worthless, poor bite that striped the bars. . And so, you could consider replacing it with a Schwinn stem.

I got a 52 or 3 with that same red crap,, it's thick, to dam thick and hard for my hands.. Nice job.

 

[bricycle]

About 9 or 10 of the hours were paint removal... my fingers still hurt!

I used to polish my aluminium boats by hand... I got tennis elbow and carpal tunnel for a reward.

 

[Jim Barnard]

what did you use to straighten the fenders?

Just a ball end hammer. It did OK... befitting a klunker!