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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 07:57 PM
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I have been able to find lots of posts all over the web about removing rest from spoke wheels but I have been going for a old military look and it is time to hit the wheels they are a little rusty last year I tried salt water and leaving them wet but it did not do much I am going to try murratic acid this week but just wondering if anyone has done this before
 
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Weren't the military wheels painted?
 
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Get your cat (or find a stray) and get it to **** all over them.
 
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spray can them whatever colors you like, maybe camo-rust color?
 
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Get your cat (or find a stray) and get it to **** all over them.
Yep and give them that aged smell , dog or cat **** is brutal .
 
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This sounds like a bad plan, but post pictures so we can see what your thinking of.
 

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Originally Posted by johnybhd
I have been able to find lots of posts all over the web about removing rest from spoke wheels but I have been going for a old military look and it is time to hit the wheels they are a little rusty last year I tried salt water and leaving them wet but it did not do much I am going to try murratic acid this week but just wondering if anyone has done this before
Going against the grain here but why try to fake it? Man just ride and let miles and time take care of things.

Nothing smells more like and appears like bull$hit...kinda like folks trying to figure how to make jeans look old and used or how to make a vest look like it has been around the block (several times), or the fools who take sheet metal and age it using things like muriaitc acid and then claim to have found the barn fresh early production 36 knuckle.

Some things you cannot fake and you should not try...sorry bro




Do not mean to rain on your parade but you cannot "fake" old skool....JMHO
 
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