Wards Hawthorne project

[Harley Mclemore]

that looks amazing!!!!


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[CURTIS L LINDGREN]

MUCH BETTER !!!! I like it !!!

 

[Balloonoob]

It's amazing what you find under all the dirt and grime when you clean, polish and wax it. It's too bad there won't be a big WOW factor when it's done and I give it back to my uncle. He really hadn't seen it in 60+ years except for the 10 minutes it took me to tie it to the back of my car after I got it down from the rafters.
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That blue badge looks awesome on a blue bike. That cleaned up amazingly.

 

[TieDye]

I love it. Good job!

 

[PCHiggin]

What a nice old bike! Your uncle might be very surprised. What did you use to clean the paint?

 

[rustjunkie]

i just noticed that this thread has an "Urgent" flag. Does anybody know how to remove that? When I started the thread I didn't specify it was urgent.

still there:

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/marking-your-thread-as-sold-reduced-sale-pending-and-found.59628/

 

[BLK80SLT]

What a nice old bike! Your uncle might be very surprised. What did you use to clean the paint?

After washing with car soap I just used a liquid polishing compound, lightly, then car wax. It's got lots of chips and surface rust but the surface is smooth now.

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edit...I just remembered that I took the advice of forum members and tried using 0000 steel wool with WD 40 on the paint too and it worked great!

 

[PCHiggin]

After washing with car soap I just used a liquid polishing compound, lightly, then car wax. It's got lots of chips and surface rust but the surface is smooth now.

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Thanks,Looks great

 

[Barto]

This is a great rescue! I'm sure your Uncle is going to be pretty happy

 

[BLK80SLT]

I'm waiting for tires to arrive hopefully by the weekend. I've tried 3 bike stores to see about straightening the fork, and they all looked like I was asking them for a million dollars. [emoji34]
I'm going to try it myself. I read a lot of the threads on this forum, and it looks doable.

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