Jeff54
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
As you're clearly attempting to undermine me for my usage of the term of 'clear red' vs transparent . Not to forget stalking me for years too. Yet little do you know or understand ]quote GTs58, ";I've also come across a vast amount of translucent Red Schwinn bikes where the red paint has faded a vast amount of translucent Red Schwinn bikes"Boy, some really good info here and the terminology is just flat out exquisite! Never heard of clear red before but I'm always open to learn. I'm no paint expert like Jeff, but I've had quite a bit of experience in paint and painting and something is going on with these early Opal Red bikes from say 1954 and 1955. I've also come across a vast amount of translucent Red Schwinn bikes where the red paint has faded and no other years have this gold hue when the red is gone or faded, NEVER. I've seen a Radiant Red Varsity where all the red was gone with just a few hidden areas were there was still traces of red. That bike was all bright silver and no sign of any gold anywhere from either paint or UV damaged red paint. Over the years I've seen many 54 and 55 Opal Red bikes were there is a gold tone after all the translucent red paint has vanished. I believe there was what the experts call "a piss coat" of gold shot over the silver base coat on these 54 and 55's and that's pretty evident in the pictures.
Here's a faded worn 1959 and no signs of gold. Then the 54 Jag where the red was long gone years ago. Note the cantilever bar where it's scratched. Gold then silver then primer. And a few other shots of that Corvette.
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Translucent you say? is semitransparent and Schwinn's top coats, at least into the 1980's ,metallic type of colors, are all transparent. . 1 ,more time: their top coat is transparent, (clear that's tinted with a color but many think of transparent as translucent too.
So, B/C I've discussed transparent, semi and translucent colors for more than 20 years in sites like this, for whatever reason people seem to visualize it's completely transparent when 'clear' (an incorrect word or term) is added when describing the color. . Yet clear is not a color, but 'clear red' is, Go figure? In the mean time stop this nonsense of stocking me, calling me a pot head in topics . Not to leave out ignorance in this nonsense of a gold base under opal red. jeez. Unlike U I own a 55 faded to gold corvette, and the evidence; you're miles off reality, are the photos I've provided,[wink]l' Hint: guaranteed; dopes are the self proclaimed experts or wizards.
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