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Evaporust is pretty great. I’ve been put on to it through this forum myself. Not sure about derusting a frame though or if that would do anything to the paint. I did see someone somewhere talking about building a frame shaped bath with guttering I think. Not sure if they did it but could work.
@SideshowBob put me on to the Evaporust gel, which you can paint on. That worked extremely well on the chrome barrel of an Airlite hub.
NB thanks on the Hobbs. It’s definitely seen life! Looking forward to building it up. It’s at Argos though as a template for the one being refinished.
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@veloham I have always loved Hobbs. I have two, the first, a single speed 1948 Raceweight, was my first purchase and had been repainted by the previous owner, second is a 1947 Superbe, but that has been previously stripped and hand painted and is very shabby (it does mean that I am slightly less anxious when riding it to the pub). That was why I was so keen to keep the Claud Butler paintwork. Your Hobbs Criterium frame is excellent, just the sort of paintwork I have always wanted as it speaks of a life led!
I must admit I am tending towards making the best of the current paintwork and decals. They might not be quite correct, but cleaned up and rust treated, its likely to look better with the patinated parts that I'm likely to be able to get hold of. I'll search out the Crankalicious products, they sounds good. I definitely need to make the best of what is left of the paint and decals.
Have you got any ideas for whole frame rust removal? I have noticed that people recommend Evaporust, but I'm not sure how practical it is to dip a tandem frame!