sup /diy/ long story short, I bought a second hand folding bike

Bearings might need to be repacked or replaced. Black is kind of a dumb color for a bike, but paint it whatever color you want.

if you want to do it right...

I'd take it apart, give everything a good cleaning, decide what will be painted, sand/grind/blast down the surface, paint, then use a clear coat on top

>>1124235
Wd-40 and steel wool. Make shitty chrime new again.

Paint chrome?

No.

Either oaint every year or soend 199 bucks blasting it off to paint.

>>1124405

to be honest, I don't like chrome, I wanted to make my bike with only one color for easier maintenance.

Thanks for the WD40 tip, that shit is awesome, it's like a magic cleaner


>>1124241
>>1124239

Bearing are ok, maybe I will paint it white, so I could see if rust appears again. Take it apart will be hard, I have never do that before with a bike, but I think it should be done anyway

>>1124429
As a kid i would buy junk chrome wheels and hand scrub the shit chrome and resale. Made a killing at 13 when nobody woukd give me a job because i was a kid.

>>1124438

really? that's a weird (but efficient) way to ear money.

>>1124235
you can clean and sorta restore chrome by rubbing it with aluminum foil

heres a video off youtube pulled at random

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0FNlxDJbQo

>>1124470

thanks, but I really don't like the chrome finish. Still, that video will help with the cleaning and surface preparing for painting. Thanks

A quick scuff with 400 grit and you can paint over chrome.