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Schwinn Straight Bar

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then8j

Wore out three sets of tires already!
A friend of mine picked up this bike at a goodwill and asked me to clean it up and make a rider out of it. Thought that I would share the project on here.


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So far so good.
The three major painted parts are cleaned up. I used the pictured Krud Kutter and steel wool. For this frame and paint that worked the best, I tried a number of different things experimenting until I found what worked the best.
The darts and pinstripping are the most fragile. The red stripping was wiping off with soap and water, (it was so deteriorated) .

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Thanks for sharing the use of Krud kutter. I've been using this on chrome with a brass bristle brush for years with great results. Bike looks great.
 
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