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RE: https://todon.eu/@redjives/116204858810994320

I was waffling a bit on what to do about the paint job. It's chipped and showing rust in some places, but is still pretty in others. My inclination was to preserve as much of it as possible and what I really didn't want to have to do is anything that required touching the cottered cranks and setting up any kind of spraying situation. After some poking around online I found a bunch of folks who use boiled linseed oil in these kind of situations. Which is perfect because linseed oil I know how to deal with from violin making! Basically the bike is getting the same treatment that a violin neck gets. I just wiped on the first coat and am feeling pretty good about this.

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Apr 8 at 1:24pmWeb
Show threadJ—dV2d ago

Next snag on this saga… The inside of the wheel is rusty to the point where some of inner sidewall has been eaten through. I fear these wheels might not be salvageable. Buying replacements would start to drive the cost of this restoration higher than I was hoping for, but I'm not sure what else I could do at this point.

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Show threadvarx/social3d ago
@redjives What drying agent does yours use, out of curiosity? I was really excited about boiled linseed oil until I learned about the drying agents and how nasty some of them are.
Show threadJ—dV3d ago
@varx For violin things it's always raw linseed oil. I have plenty of time for everything to dry. For the bicycle I used a boiled linseed oil that is meant for painting, so it is heat treated but no driers: https://mediabank.royaltalens.com/royaltalens/file/14829d70a031bbae9d2fc248f00f80ba/69800e80/documents/dir8/24.xx.0026_GB.pdf
Show threadvarx/social19h ago
@redjives Hmm! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil#Boiled_linseed_oil might need updating, then.
Linseed oil - Wikipedia