<![CDATA[I hate painting.]]>I hate painting.
"But it'll just be touching up the bike, that's not really painting."
I watched videos on touching up, sanding, and polishing a vintage bike, none of which look anything like what I've ended up with. Not that I'm done, I could surely dig myself deeper into this hole.
And it's not like there's a lot of rust, I just zealously sanded/touched up every tiny ding and rust bloom which has the bike looking pretty splotchy so far.
Someone sells replacement decals, maybe the plan should be a whole new paint job and decals?? Surely that'll be easier. ';^)

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HF has an all in one unit that works okay for small spots. Read the reviews first...

They also sell blast media.

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There's also Evapo-Rust. Usually you soak parts in it but I've heard that laying rags soaked in it on items sorta works too🤷‍♂️

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As the saying goes:

“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth digging a deep hole until both time and money are all used up.”

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You probably should just go ahead and build a paint room first…

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