Bare bones

Ok. Got the bottom bracket tool and a new seatpost tonight. The seat post is 27.0mm and fits seat tube perfectly. Much nicer. And it's shiny. That's good considering I'm trying to make this bike entirely chrome.

Speaking of which... that is the next direction. I figure I should do the things to the frame before I put it together. So off went the bottom bracket, stem, headset, wheels, and fork tonight. The BB tool worked perfectly and I just took off the other side (drive) with an adjustable wrench. Masked off the Fuji emblem on the front and other key threaded and open areas. The headset was tough to get off as I didn't have a second wrench to steady the fork. So i just used the wheel as leverage against my legs. Worked fine. A little trace paper and masking tape and voila!



The sanded metal portions are where I've sanded off braze-ons for cables and such. I wet sanded with 400 grit sand paper and then tested the Mother's Mag and Aluminum Billet to see how well of a finish I could get. It looks pretty good.

Anyway. The plan is to get this bike all shiny bare metal. Strip it with "Aircraft Remover" and then use the Mother's Billet to polish the metal. Then I'm going to print a few decals on my inkjet that I will design in Illustrator CS2 and pop those babies on. Then clear coat w/ this stuff intended for wheels. Materials shown below: