Thanks, Eric,
So I bought the rubbing compound, and went to work on the frame tonight. The turtle wax compound wasn’t any more serious than the 3M I already had, even though it was a thicker paste. I Worked through the progressions (no wax) of my elixirs from the previous post, and it looks about as good as it’s going to get.
To be sure it looked as good as I thought it did, I mocked it up to see what would also be visible.
I’m pretty happy, though there are a couple of places I’ll focus on again.
Tomorrow, my son and I are buying new hardware.
We’ll “disassemble” the mock- up, and take those wheels and axle off.
I just plier the caps off and pull, is what I understand?
I’ll try to refurbish/ paint those 8” wheels as best I can.
I do have a NOS 8” wheel and cap coming, which I’ll put on the front facing side. That way, if I screw up the back wheel, I’ll have an extra.
Cheers for a great evening wherever you all are!