Italian bb tap

General Help
1

Hi all

Question for the wise peeps of FOA…

Need to get paint off the threads in the bb shell after respray what’s the best way without retapping?

Cheers

Dubrat

2

Depends how patient you are. I use one of these and some WD40.

3

^ with some paint stripper?

4

Run a bb cup through there. If you wanna get fancy and have less chance of stuffing it up slot the BB cup across the thread with a grinder or dremel (so they look like taps) and that’ll give it some room for all the crud to go.

5

thanks guys

Anyone got any shitty ital BB cups they wanna send me… lol

6

Paint stripper is a good idea but I’d probably drip it all over my shorts & legs. I normally do this sitting out the front while drinking some beer.

Maybe paint stripper is not a good idea. You’d want to be very careful not to get it on other bits of the frame or strip the paint on the bottom bracket.

7

I’ve had great success using turps, dremel using plastic or soft brass brushes a of course a little something to scrap stuff outwith too.

I’ve tried Spirito’s method and it worked too.