Now that would be a cool company to own...must be tempting to paint the bike often??

 

Sometimes what you do/did for a living takes away the fun of the hobby side of it. I am a server admin (windows servers). I work(ed; unemployed right now) on computers all day long. Sometimes I just want to throw my pc's out the window. lol See my point?

 

I'm afraid to go out to the garage and see what the dried lowers look like now...

 

my busn partner is the same way! he does not touch his own stuff, i have to take stuff off his bike and do it myself!

 

Point well taken....Hard to combine work and pleasure...Guess that's what makes weekends worth waiting for.

 

Man I know I'm a newby but I painted my lowers about 8000 miles ago with wal
mart paint and it has held up perfect....looks better than most powder coats

 

What I am saying is I think epoxy is over rated

 

I think everybody will agree Powder coating is a superior finish.However aside from the cost, dismantling forks can be an expensive pain in the a$$.More likely than not you'll need new fork seals,oil and hope you don't strip the caps during disassembly or reassembly. Painting anything in the winter can be tough that's why I bought a space heater and a thermometer.Most any paint you buy will have instructions with a temperature range on the can.I just crank up the space heater and watch the thermometer until it gets to the right temp and spray.As an added bonus it's allot more comfortable to spend your winter in the garage when it's the same temp as your house.

 

I've had good luck doing a final wipe with acetone right before painting.

Crazy

 

when i did mine i heated up my garage with the propane heater which i had put close to the lowers to warm them up. i also heated up the paint in the house. took a couple tries but got it.