Fork lowers - renovating?

[ruddlad]

need to do my fork seals and whilst apart one of my lower outer tube is pitted.

whats the best way to tidy them?

virago xv750

Wire wool and autosol.

[squirrel_hunter]

Powder coating should give a good finish.

Alternatively I sprayed a set silver with Hammerite and it came out quite well.

Depends on what you want to spend and how long you want them off the bike for?

[_Stretchie_]

I shot blasted mine and used Halfords rattle cans to prime, paint black and lacquer them

Did it nearly a year ago but only done about 4,000 since and they are already chipping a bit, if I did it again I'd just get them powder coated somewhere

BlackBird

Rustolium Titanium Silver looks really good and is hard wearing.

[jambo]

I think Lozzo did a set using alloy wheel paint, they looked rather good.

Jambo

They are laquered as standard.
I cleaned mine up with wet and dry to remove the corrosion spots then polished them. If you clean them every so often, with autosol or similar they stay looking mint.

Yeah sanded them down with med-fine paper then wet and dry. Then I used some halfords primer then silver looks as good as standard.

[mikerj]

Originally Posted by jambo

I think Lozzo did a set using alloy wheel paint, they looked rather good.

Jambo

I did my pointy and my dads curvy with etch primer followed by alloy wheel paint and then several coats of alloy wheel lacquer and they both came out like new and have lasted well.