Current Projects chat and miscellany

This is a frame I'd like to make a fixed bike out of.
But it has way too many scratches on it, I was wondering if you lot think I should strip it back to the frame itself or...? - Is it worth doing so?

I dunno, I don't want to leave it the way it is. The white stuff has come off.

I really don't see the point in stripping it. Learn how to ride it first and then start tarting it up if you must. There's no point in making it look all pretty if you're just starting to learn how to ride on the mean streets of London.