W F Holdsworth Cyclone - 1947

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Showing us before and after is great, but it's the process in the middle I need to see ;-)
I'm assuming wire wool, GT85, toothbrush, but are there other secrets that you are willing to reveal please ?

Of course I can ,Keeping the calipers whole I use a regular and small toothbrush with halfords degreaser which gets rid of most grease and grunge -

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I then strip the calipers into bits and another going over with the degreaser.

I then lightly use very fine wire wool on every piece.

I then lightly used regular liquid brasso on the relevant parts-

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I then used Mother's Mag very lightly on the caliper arms and brake block holder to give them a bit of a shine to try and replicate how I expect they would have been during the period IE Not a mirror shine.

I used the Mothers Mag sparingly as it is a very good product and can produce a dazzling mirror shine -

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Thanks, there are a couple of pointers in there that I didn't know about.
The original-like finish especially has always eluded me, I'll try your method soon.

A peek at what I think is this frame.

Have a look at this link - https://argoscycles.com/galleries/flickr­-gallery

Then click on Nov/December 2020 set of images and scroll down to nearly the bottom and I'm pretty sure that's this frame in it's Flam Forest Green paint.

It looks rather good.

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Wow you must be chuffed it looks superb. Looking forward to seeing the forks.
I'm loving the chainstays too.

I'm very pleased with it @falconvitesse and yes looking forward to seeing the forks.

Not sure when it will be ready to return to me and will post photographs when I get it back.

Awesome looking frame Bob. Great project

Great choice! I also went for green for my Gillott. Figured it was time to bring that color back into modern times.

Thanks @Yellow_Peril

Thanks @anidel.
Talking of your Gillott - Any progress on the build?

I need to find time to clean components as you're doing here and rebuild. Or they won't look the part anymore :)

Still need to send you pics of the stem.

Very lovely.

It's come along well.

That's an understatement. What happened to the fork?

I found photos on the painters Flickr section of their website and most just show the frame.

Frame arrived and the paint is superb and has a sparkle to it that is difficult to capture -

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That's come out beautifully.
I've seen so many paint jobs by that bunch in Leeds, where it's just think and ugly; your's is in a whole different league.
Dare I ask how much I'd have to pay to get a similar job done ?