So I’ve got a fair amount done in the last couple of weeks, most of my polishing is done, just the hubs left which look to be a pain, I think I’m going to take them to work and recut the centers so they’ll polish up nice. I received my spokes from Buchanans, very nice 7 gauge no taper stainless, should look chunky. I finally decided on an exhaust and ordered a header from Carpy, Steve was good to deal with but had to call as I was having no luck with email, can’t wait to get it. Received my side badges from Greenjeans , very nice.
I finally fixed the frame damage as 1 of the lower tubes was basically paper from internal rust, I couldn’t find seamless tubing that was a size match so I just cut out the bad sections and welded in some smaller tubing then filled and ground it. It was a fair amount of work but turned out well. After bead blasting the frame I noticed a couple small spots that will need to be repaired, and I want to weld up the headstock down tubes as they’re only slide fit and tack welded. I’m going to make up the removable top tubes at work.
I decided on orange as the main color, what shade I don’t know yet, but this now allows me to go with some custom gold color pieces. After some research on materials I went with aluminum bronze as it polishes up to a nice gold color, resists tarnishing in the elements and has a pretty high tensile strength, a lot higher than aircraft aluminum. So right now I’m making up the fork caps and top nut for the triple tree, will post some pics of the progress so far.
I tried out the Glisten PC on a scrap piece of polished aluminum and adhesion and hardness are not going to be an issue, you can’t scratch it off with a screwdriver. The only issue is it slightly hazes the polished mirror finish, but is much better than any other clear I’ve seen even though I just brushed it on. I think if you didn’t have the side by side comparison you’ be hard pressed to tell if it was cleared or not. I’m going to try it out on a larger piece but I’ll do it complete and spray it on this time so more to come on results. Ciao for now.