Restoring Cook Bros CBR Cranks - Final Update

[South Bound]

Shiny enough for me

Nearly done now, just need spider to be painted once Ozone build is sorted:

No more updates on this thread, finished article will be on the Ozone thread once finished:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33360&highlight=

 

[andy.l]

great work mate,they look awesome

 

[South Bound]

Thanks Andy, not perfect, but they are fun and I feel a sense of achievement for turning them shiny from black!

 

[neilll]

Well done....hope you did it in a well ventilated space....unlike Homer Simpson here on his first attempt...

 

[South Bound]

lol, outside, place them in run away to safe distance and then come back to fish them out, rinse and repeat! Learned my lesson for doing my dropouts though, had those tied to bits of string so that I could lift them out from a distance - thoroughly recommended!

 

[neilll]

lol, outside, place them in run away to safe distance and then come back to fish them out, rinse and repeat! Learned my lesson for doing my dropouts though, had those tied to bits of string so that I could lift them out from a distance - thoroughly recommended!

Good move
I always have caustic bowl, rinsing bowl, retrieval tools and rubber gloves all lined up and prefer to dip/rinse multiple times rather than leave item in for ages.......burned my throat/top of lungs the first time though

 

[South Bound]

Final Final Update, well nearly done anyway

Now with the Cooks Bros logo blasted back on. Was never going to go this far, but someone offered (thanks mate) and they now look so good, better than I expected. Crank bolt dust caps are Ti from NJ Cycles and I quite like them. Just need to paint the spider when frame is finished, but this is as good as it gets, not perfect, but close enough for me!

 

[guybe]

Excellent job, now need some rings ready for the bike, nice one.

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Who did the logo blast for you? I'll be needing this done soon!

 

[South Bound]

Not sure if he has any of the decals left, so will PM him and he can get in touch if he is willing/able.

Just checked and they were the last decals so he can't do any more, sorry!