Dent repaired an old Serotta.
 

Hey everyone,

I just finished a dent repair on an adorable older Serotta. Totally cool working on a frame built by the guy who got me first exposed to framebuilding!

https://varcocycles.com/2020/07/02/d...n-old-serotta/

Have a great day!
Allan

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Cool pictoral. Thanks for the explanation.

Nice post on the process.

Nicely done, thanks for sharing. Just out of curiosity, what would you charge for a repair like that? I’m not in the market, curious.

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I charged 50 bones. Took me an hour and a half. Haven't done one in years so I could probably do it in an hour next time.

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Thanks for sharing! $50 is a 'steel'!

Nice job!

Cool posting and nice work.

Hah! Don't forget to add a couple hundred for the paint!

Cool blog....thanks!

Time to find a dented frame!!!!! Great work!

Very nice, both the work, and the documentation!

Thumbs up, thanks Allan, only picture I would liked to have seen, is a picture of the dent after rolling.

One other quick question, will a painter need to go over the repair with filler or will an etching primer be enough to prep before paint? Or should I be asking this question to the painter?

Nice job.

The one time I tried this (with admittedly more amateur blocks made from oak), and perhaps a dent that had more of a crease in the bottom--I did get most of the dent to roll out, but I also got a hairline crack in what had been the bottom crease. (The crack may have been there to begin with--I really don't know).

How much stress would said crack be under? And would it be acceptable to braze (as you have done) and call it good?

Thanks for posting. That was very interesting.

I wonder if you were able to seal the tube and compress a couple hundred pounds of air into it if just heating up the area of the dent with a torch would have any affect.
Of course Sheldon Brown had a better idea.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/dent-removal.html