The Purple Mongoose

The Purple Mongoose

Now this one is really going to test my skills. There is some serious rust in this old bike. But it is an oldie and a goldie and it is for my clients son so I am happy to help out :-)

This is an original drop tail Mongoose 20" BMX. I am doing a full restoration job on this little bad boy. I can't wait to see the finished product!

Step 1. Remove all the stickers, rust and pits out of the frame.

Step 2. Etch prime and apply base coat of purple on this little beauty.

I have finished prepping the frame and painted up to the base coat, clear coat yet to come.

Step 3. Apply Clear Coat and store until other parts are ready for painting.

Clear Coat applied to the frame. Ready for sanding and polishing. Client will be coming around on Tuesday afternoon to inspect.

I did a wet sand on the bike last night and when I got home today I took some photos and started on the polishing. It really looks amazing now!!!

Wet Sand:

It looks really cloudy and rubbish now with no shine. Don't worry this will look awesome once it is polished!!!

First Polish:
Starting to look better. Second polish will really make the colour pop and make it shine!

Second Polish with bearing cups and seat post clamp installed:

The seat post clamp is the original clamp with the original sticker. Lucky this was aluminium and a gentle scratch with some aluminium foil and a polish with cut and polish brought it back to life and I managed to keep the original sticker :-)

Step 4. Prepare remaining parts for Priming and painting. These parts will be high gloss black including; Handle Bars, Chain Ring and Crank Arm, Front Forks.

Step 5. Now the build begins and finished :-) Pictures below

As a bonus for this client, I added a custom Twisted Chrome Kickstand. A bit of a personal touch :-)