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Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:27 am
by w00dzy
Hello, anyone know where the best place to get the paint from? or how much it would cost for someone to do the work plus supply the paint..

I also have some nc30 calipers that need painting the same colour..

Someone had said about Cold zinc galvanising spray?

Any ideas? Throw em my way! :worthy:

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:14 pm
by w00dzy
:poke: anyone??

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:48 am
by rob
will get you a price for powder coat if you want.

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:32 pm
by w00dzy
No thanks mate.. decided to go with silver spray paint from ebay.. looks like it should do a good job and will match the swingarm..

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Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:20 pm
by chrisja2
Let us know how it goes wOOdzy.
Rob do you do the powder coating?

Chris

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:01 pm
by Sligeach
i repainted my VFR lowers about 18 months ago with some halfords stuff, made a fatal mistake of using lacquer from another brand and it was not compatible, it made a cant of it.
just spend good time on prep with wet and dry, mask out the holes and put the cans in warm water prior to using.
any more questions, just ask
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Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:29 pm
by w00dzy
oh dear.. manage to sort them in the end then? what does the warm water do?

apparently the stuff im getting doesnt need primer..

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:09 pm
by lloydiecbr
putting the can in worm water helps the separate the particales in the paint so it flows and sticks better and also rejuices orange peal . also helps if you worm up the item you are painting .

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:38 am
by Sligeach
as lloyd says it just makes the paint a little more "runny" and so can be sprayed on finer so you can build up the paint in several coats. heating the fork lower to room temperature also prepares the surface particle for better adhesion or some sh!te like that!!
that pic above was before the lacquer, after two coats of primer and two coats of paint (rubbed down) hopefully it illustrates the sparkely appearance of ford metallic silver from halfords.
For the cost of some primer its only an additional 4GBP or something so mite as well do all you can. tidy forks are an investment after all.

Re: Fork lowers gold paint..

Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:05 pm
by rob
chrisja2 wrote: Rob do you do the powder coating?

Chris
oops sorry mate only just got back to this thread, no i dont do the coating but a good mate of mine does, if you come through me it cheaper. If you want owt doing better to PM me.
Rob