Originally Posted by
Andy_K
In honor of the military tradition implied by its name, I'm taking a "hurry up and wait" approach with the Centurion. Right now, I'm mostly in a waiting state -- just random sanding in my spare moments. It's looking pretty good, if I do say so myself. Pretty much rust free. Curiously, there's no trace of rust in the tubes I can see -- none in the bottom bracket, none in the head tube, none in the seat tube. I guess it was a part of an elaborate ruse or a shabby chic finish style.
Late 70s, the late root beer era saw the development of pigments that included glistening faux rust speckles to aid in lengthening the useful life of the paint. And you thought it was real rust...?
...on the other hand, looks great and ready to pint...Er paint.
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