Painting forks

I used smooth hammerite and their primer when i sprayed my front wheel, which came up pretty well. Its just a shame I didn't notice the colour I sprayed my front wheel didn't match the back one Still, they're both silver of some sort now, not white and silver

with hammerite how many coats did you put on and what sort of lacquer did you use afterwards, if you used any?

I used 4 coats I think, either 3 or 4. Didn't bother lacquering mine. When this is more than getting my bike on the road I'll have them powder coated instead.

problem with all primers in aerosol cans is that they are basically crap onto aluminium.
if you really want a very well adhered primer you need to use a two pack high build etch. not available from halfords etc, but any body shop will be using this sort of thing. once the two pack etch is on there, you can go over it with pretty much anything you like as long as you give the primer a rub down first.

more expensive to do than a couple of iffie aerosols, but the result will be excellent.

i agree that lozzo has done a good job, the forks look great, but if there is a break in the paint film from a stone chip etc it will soon start to spread when water gets behind it.

Originally Posted by MiniMac

Looks good that, might pick some of that up myself.

Chicken strips!

New tyres

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

I would wait (or PM) for Lozzo on that one, there are a lot of experts on here but Lozzo has done it and posted the pictures, he has done a fantastic job.

I'd use Halfords satin black paint to do the forks. It's the hardest wearing stuff I've come across and goes on nicely over normal grey primer. The forks and engine covers on my 250 are painted with it.

Those forks look very nice

Halfords Satin black is brilliant stuff.

did you use any lacquer after lozzo?

Originally Posted by kenada

did you use any lacquer after lozzo?

Not on the satin black, it's just as it came out of the can, hasn't even been polished in that photo, but MER brings it up to a nice satin finish now it's hardened off. In the photos it still looks a bit matt.