The best way.....to refurbish the fork crown

[foxyrider]

on my Recon Silver Remote forks?

The more observant amongst you will recall that i was recently gifted what turned out to be a Focus Bold2 i Ltd e 'mountain' bike. Now whilst it was in good mechanical order and was cleaned regularly there are a few things that i need to tackle to bring it up to scratch, replacing rusty bolts etc. The most jarring thing however is the fork crown which has shed much of its paint and looks terrible so it needs a bit of a refurb.

Has anyone else had a similar issue? what materials / paint would be best?

The stantions and lower legs are fine, thats just yesterdays road dirt you can see

[Psamathe]

viewtopic.php?t=158817 - a good idea.

Ian

[jimlews]

Polish until you can see your reflection and than spray with a clear lacquer formulated for alloy wheels.

[Brucey]

that looks like an Al alloy casting to me, in which case it can be polished, but it might well corrode again if left unprotected. If aluminium, nothing will stick to it properly unless the surface is correctly prepared.

[twodogs]

I would sand all the paint and oxide off with some 120 grit sandpaper and follow up with some 240 grit to make the surface smooth and then clean the dust and oil off with some thinners and prep with an etch primer.
I'd then top coat it with something hardwearing such as a two pack enamel.

[Mike Sales]

I would sand all the paint and oxide off with some 120 grit sandpaper and follow up with some 240 grit to make the surface smooth and then clean the dust and oil off with some thinners and prep with an etch primer.
I'd then top coat it with something hardwearing such as a two pack enamel.

I used etch primer and a two pack polyurethane paint on an aluminium tube which is a forward connecting beam on a catamaran, so very exposed to sea water. This has been long lasting.
The products were from a yacht paint company.

[twodogs]

I would sand all the paint and oxide off with some 120 grit sandpaper and follow up with some 240 grit to make the surface smooth and then clean the dust and oil off with some thinners and prep with an etch primer.
I'd then top coat it with something hardwearing such as a two pack enamel.

I used etch primer and a two pack polyurethane paint on an aluminium tube which is a forward connecting beam on a catamaran, so very exposed to sea water. This has been long lasting.
The products were from a yacht paint company.

Yes polyurethane could be a better option as enamel can be a bit brittle. Sometimes it depends on how much catalyst you use. I'm lazy, if I'm doing this sort of thing I usually just do the prep work and take it too my local auto repairer and get them to spray it.

[rogerzilla]

If it's forged, or a good casting, anodising would be nice. Probably a bit expensive for a one-off. You could go all 1992 and have it in purple.

Cheap porous castings don't anodise nicely.