You are making great progress. I have to admit that I am delighted with the frame, it looks so clean and durable. I would leave it in the color of the metal, just plasticize it or protect it with colorless varnish, because this way the welds can be seen very well and contribute to the appearance. Really great work on the frame, I'm honestly delighted.
I have nothing but praise for the square tapered bottom bracket, although everyone considers it a very basic component with minimal durability. I have that bottom bracket on one hardtail and although I thought it would be the first thing I would change after a few thousand kilometers, here it is still serving very well without the slightest problem after more than 100,000 kilometers :)
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People forget we used square tapered for decades before the external bearing hollowtech type. The only downsize is weight, maybe? Their design is super simple though... two bearings stuck into an axle hahaha nothing to go wrong there.
I believe that frame was polished aluminum originally. Would be awesome to restore it back, though it's painful to polish alu; not so sure about maintaining. I'm thining about something like this