Well, I think I just figured out what to save my change for. This beautiful Beach Cruiser my husband saved from someone's garbage pile and brought home to me last year for my birthday. I live one mile from our cute little town which hosts quite a few different festivals throughout the year. Plus, we have some cute shops, coffee and bagel houses and restaurants to meander into. I also live a short distant from my summer beach job and this would really come in handy, along with all the trails that are around the Cottage from living so close to a State Park. It would really be fun to ride my Cruiser around this summer. So, as soon as the weather starts to peek out the springtime, I will be working on this project.
And, in the meantime, I will save on gas and get some exercise. Totally in the budget.
It needs a bit of cleaning. There is rust on the handle bars and the light fixture. Someone suggested using oven cleaner, or coke and baking soda. I heard that ammonia does a good job if you can wrap the areas with plastic and leave a little ammonia in the area wrapped, it will just pull the rust off.
So, because my time is usually limited and I don't like to spend a lot of wasted time trying to clean and fix stuff, I will see if I can get some plastic wrap and zip lock baggies to put around the areas and add some ammonia and let sit overnight.
If there are any results, I will figure out how to move onto the other ideas for cleaning them.
I do, however, love the color of the bike. It is like a Khaki Camo Green color which is the same color as my eyes. I am going to change the tires out and put on something more colorful and vintage looking. There are tires with white walls or just a hint of color, but adding color just might be the way to ride.
What fun projects are you working on or if you know the secret to cleaning off rust, tell me in the comments below.
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