Vintage Frame Restoration

Lewdvig said:

I just bought a nice GIOS Professional. It has some rust and nasty paint.

Any tips on how to restore it?

I need to clean it, remove rust and repaint it. I will let the pros repaint
it.

The special Gios blue is not generally available, uses some highly toxic pigment, dilithium crystals
or the like.

I believe that CyclArt in California has a fairly good match figured out, but you won't be able to
get an exact match.

Sheldon "Singing The Gios Blues" Brown +---------------------------------------------+
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Hah! I just finished reading all of your articles before writing the original post!

I think the Audi S4 is the same color but I am not sure. Excel sells the touch-up paint and that may
be enough for a really good paint shop to mix up a match but I will see.

If its one of the fake or Mexican GIOS frames I will just skip the restoration all together
(although I just obtained authentic stickers). I have to admit - I am quite smitten with its looks.

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Lewdvig said:

I just bought a nice GIOS Professional. It has some rust and nasty

paint.

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Any tips on how to restore it?

I need to clean it, remove rust and repaint it. I will let the pros

repaint

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it.

The special Gios blue is not generally available, uses some highly toxic pigment, dilithium
crystals or the like.

I believe that CyclArt in California has a fairly good match figured out, but you won't be able to
get an exact match.

Sheldon "Singing The Gios Blues" Brown +---------------------------------------------+
| Do not needlessly endanger your lives | until I give you the signal. | --Dwight D.
| Eisenhower |
+---------------------------------------------+ Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts Phone
617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041 harriscyclery.comharriscyclery.comOpen ↗ Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
captainbike.comcaptainbike.comOpen ↗ sheldonbrown.comsheldonbrown.comOpen ↗

Lewdvig said:

I just bought a nice GIOS Professional. It has some rust and nasty paint.

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Any tips on how to restore it?

If its blue then the paint is cobalt / cacinogenic i believe, but Cyclart has found a supply of
equivalent paint:

cyclart.comstoryaccurate.htmlOpen ↗

Steve Maas has the ultimate chronicle/tutorial that describes his efforts to restore several class
mid-level bicycles to "like-new" condition, including a "Carlton Catalina" and "Allegro":

nonlintec.comcarltonOpen ↗

Also, you might join the mailing list "[email hidden]" or just search the archives
for information on your bicycle:

catfood.phred.orgquery.aspOpen ↗

- Don Gillies San Diego, CA