What to do with a nickel P7 frame....

[quentinfarquar]

I am just wondering what the best thing to do is, it has very slight pitting at the moment, do I just clean it up with autosol, or go for a powder coat... any views...

 

[fingers]

Clean it (autosol) and then wax it (meguires/autoglym etc)

 

[jonnyboy666]

do not powder coat the nickel p7's!!! :shock: :shock: they look too good to play with!!! imho!!

i have seen reconditioned ones done by argos though. when i was still in the trade one came in the shop, sent it to argos they stripped the old laquer off went to town on it then re-laquered it and it looked brand new!

 

[quentinfarquar]

I really like the nickel too, but the laquer is very patchy and there are some rust spots, planning to build it as a single speed, for use as a family ride bike and trailer puller mainly, but as alot of the parts will be new on it, I fancied the frame looking new!!!

If I autosol the frame will it get much worse if I clean it regularly?

Can you just have the laquer stripped, who does this?

 

[jonnyboy666]

give these guys a shout, full renovation full have it looking new, basically stripped of laquer, cleaned and polished then re laquered, they do stickers aswel.

http://www.argoscycles.com/www/frames.htm

 

[rodgy1970]

I've been told recently that it's best not to powder coat over pitted plating as it can rust underneath, bubble and then flake off, it is best done on a frame that has been cleaned properly, ie, blasted :!:

 

[paulwakinshaw]

Has anyone used Argos to re-finish their nickel P7?

I picked up a '95 P7 frame today and its beginning to show signs of rust pitting.

I will contact Argos tomorrow but in the meantime how much should I expect to pay?

Cheers - Wak

 

[paulwakinshaw]

anyone....?