Bike Project: Wheel, bracket cup and yet another way to sand

More frame sanding, this time using the Dremel to get at places the palm sander couldn’t reach. This worked great, although there are places on the frame that even the Dremel can’t reach. Leading me to paint-removal method four: paint stripper.

I bought the least-poisonous looking paint stripper and used it to coat the few remaining parts of the frame that are still painted. It’ll soak in overnight and I’ll try scraping the paint off tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes.

Through Minneapolis Bike Love I have secured myself a front wheel. Now I just need to work on getting a real wheel and hub. No rush.

And after several days of fruitless effort, I removed the last bottom bracket cup. It required a vise, a lot of WD-40 and a giant wrench. Now all the old parts are off the frame. Hooray.

Project Totals:
Days: 8
Cost: 181