The last three bikes I stripped down and restored for me the worst part is taking the old paint off. I have tried just sanding, that is extremely time consuming and not very thorough, I have tried wire wheel on my drill, it works good but can scratch the frame pretty deeply if you're not careful as well as sending paint chips all over the workshop. I have tried some different types of solvent and paint removers which can work but are also spendy as well as messy and smelly. This time I have found the way I will probably do any other bikes I restore.
FLAMES!!!
It was sort of an accident while fixing the mashed bottom rails. I wire brushed the paint off after heating the tubes and it came off clean and easy, so when I was done with the patch work I just used the torch to heat the rest of the frame and wire brush the paint right off. I know sounds toxic but its ventilated with ceiling fans and open doors. If I am missing more brain cells than when I started I haven't noticed yet.
It really came of pretty fast, maybe over an hour of work and it is down to bare metal as well as into the hard to get at corners.
I went for it after that and painted it with a self etching Primer. I think the drab green is better than the yellow.
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