Painting the fork sliders.
 

After starting to sand the corrosion off, ive decided if rather cut my own arm off with a butter knife than polish these up, i just dont have the will power lol.

So i've decided to paint them instead. I assume i need to prime, paint and then clear coat them. Can any one recommend a primer and top clear coat, does aluminium need a specific primer such as an acid etch?

Thank you.

Re: stantion painting
 

Just so we're clear the stanchion is the chromed upper part of the fork that goes into the yokes, the slider or lower is the bit you're painting I hope.

I think a few people have just used hammerite smooth, but a special metals / aluminium primer is a good idea for a base.

Jambo

Re: stantion painting
 

Lozzo painted his a while back and used Simoniz "5 Wheel Silver" I think , was quite a good match .

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...=simoniz+wheel

Re: stantion painting
 

i used hammeright with special metals primer on my 50cc dident chip once in 300 miles and my ped could do 55-60mph :P plus black looks better

Re: Painting the fork sliders.
 

Yep the sliders, thank you, ill copy that guys :-)

upol acid etch
simonez wheel paint
simonz laquer