From rack to road (yet another Cannondale 2.8 build).

Is the shot blasting going to get it mirror-shiny?

No. It will be dull. I'm not sure if I can be bothered polishing it to make it shiny. I don't really want it to look polished anyway.

Great looking project.

I'm also curious about your sand ( or shot?) blasting. I've got my eye on an alu frame which I plan on stripping, and as I've read about others just using paint stripper , I was just going to do that.

My friend has a sand blaster which I could use though, if you think it gives better results?

I went with shot / sand blasting because it is quicker and I couldn't be bothered stripping the paint off myself. In saying that, I'm not 100% sure what it is going to look like.

This is a Vigorelli that has been blasted.

I might give it a light sand, but I don't want it polished.