Re: Ove Interest?

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:02:06 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:32:34 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:04:39 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:35:33 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:
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rOn Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:23:49 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:29:29 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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Why do you suppose that Liebermann would take your comments and distort thgem to mean that one should use marine bottom paint to protect dry steel bike frames?

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Please show me where I suggested the use of marine paints for painting
bicycle frames.  Hint:  I made no such suggestion.  Here is an exact
quote for what I'm trying to do. 
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Change-o-topic:
Has anyone actually tried using an rust prevention concoction such as
lanolin (sheep oil) based Fluid Film for preventing rust and
corrosion?
<https://www.fluid-film.com>
<https://www.fluid-film.com/products/>
<https://www.fluid-film.com/recreation-applications/>
If so, which version and did it work?

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Andrew suggesting trying linseed oil and John B suggested marine
paints.  If you look back at the comments prior to yours, none of them
had anything to do with bicycles.  See:
Message-ID: <orbarj9866m4c0ro9l0smcaq9fg8bu0cj0@4ax.com>  (Jeff L)
Message-ID: <vp3dlo$1v2d6$3@dont-email.me>  (Andrew)
Message-ID: <6itcrj5gh3hrl7mku90h2bsajeo2vgfs0d@4ax.com>  (John B)
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The problem with marine paints is that they do not have a good  inish that you want on a bike. If you want a good bicycle finish you can use two part epoxy paint but you must immediately then clean out the sprayer with acytone. Another method is to take your frame to a powder coating company and have the old frame and fork sand blasted clean and you then spray and cook on a powder coating. The are also available in high luster finishes. Though those are quite a bit more expensive. Semi-shiny white finishes are commony used on shop shelves and is quite inexpensive and is difficult to rust through.

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Oh! I thought you7 wee painting showers (to take a bath)

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Yes.  I wanted to find a general purpose rust prevention spray that
would work with almost anything.  Something like WD-40 except
optimized for rust protection and probably conversion to iron
phosphate.  For my shower, the plan was to use Fluid Film (lanolin) as
temporary protection until I do something more permanent with the
shower.

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You seem to have a lot of "rust" problems... far more than I can
remember having in a series of tropical countries. I don't remember
ever  have as many problems as you seem to have. But we always sprayed
(power tools any way) with an anti rust spray every once in a while..

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I never knew very much about bicycles other than they were fun to
ride. I knew how to fix a flat and how to change the chain, but not
much else. 
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That was before I came to Florida, lived on a boat and watched several
of them rust away to uselessness. A mere couple of months on a boat
did one in. It was down in the forward bunk when out at sea, but spent
lots of time topside when I was in a harbor. Saltwater was not it's
friend.
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Looking back on my early time in Florida, I know now that I could have
kept the frames and upgraded the rusty stuff, but back then I just
trashed out the old rusty one and bought a new one, generally another
used bike.

One day on a deserted beach down near Venice (Florida), my boating
companion (I think her name was Jenny) and I dinghied ashore to go for
a walk. There, I found a pretty nice bicycle laying in the weeds. It
was in better shape than mine. We stayed there for several days and I
watched it. It appeared to be abandoned, probably a stolen bike that
was just going to rust away.

I did leave my old bike. It was rusty, but still usable.

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C'est bon
Soloman