Not exactly a tool question, but didn't fit elsewhere.
I'm trying to take apart my wheels from my 29 French bike. The rust was really bad, but now I need to take the spokes out to really get down to rust and paint removal to redo them. The wheels have really good looking brass nipples that would look great with the high gloss black rims, once redone. I hope to save them.
Is this a hopeless endeavor? Are there still quality brass spoke nipples made? I see Buchanan makes brass ones with non-brass finishes, but I want to keep the wheels as they looked when new.
Any special tools or tricks to try? I have been spraying them in PB Blaster or liquidwrench and trying to grab with vice-grips and a spoke wrench, without any luck yet.
I suppose I could build whole new wheels, using the old hubs, but I want to keep as much of it original as possible.
Thanks in advance.
I'm trying to take apart my wheels from my 29 French bike. The rust was really bad, but now I need to take the spokes out to really get down to rust and paint removal to redo them. The wheels have really good looking brass nipples that would look great with the high gloss black rims, once redone. I hope to save them.
Is this a hopeless endeavor? Are there still quality brass spoke nipples made? I see Buchanan makes brass ones with non-brass finishes, but I want to keep the wheels as they looked when new.
Any special tools or tricks to try? I have been spraying them in PB Blaster or liquidwrench and trying to grab with vice-grips and a spoke wrench, without any luck yet.
I suppose I could build whole new wheels, using the old hubs, but I want to keep as much of it original as possible.
Thanks in advance.
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