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Old 01-29-23, 11:06 AM
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ehcoplex 
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Originally Posted by sfazio
Thanks, I will post pics when it's finished. The most challenging part of the build was getting the paint cleaned up. When I got the bike it was covered in a yellow film that I had to wet sand to get through (I really did try everything else). It took a few weeks of very patient sanding to get it where I wanted it--compared to my other PX-10 frame it's pretty easy to see how bad it was.
Nice! I've often wondered at how 'dingy' vintage white PX-10s can look- whether its just the color masking it/white showing every little speck, etc, or some difference in the paints, I don't know, but the blue ones seem to fare better. But that thing glows!
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