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Was front forks originally painted?
Oddjob:
That's my point Ted, if you use stripper you never see the silver layer as it comes off with the lacquer. If you look at the pic, the bright areas is the paint, the dark areas are the alloy.
Trigger:
--- Quote from: AshimotoK0 on March 17, 2022, 07:32:40 PM ---Hmm... I know they clear lacquered and prior to that, the bare alloy treated with a 'conversion' surface treatment on the Honda 4's (like Alodine used in the Aerospace industry ) and I think based on a chromate system. But never heard of them being painted with silver. Exceptions are the smaller and 1960's bikes like the S90 and 450 bomber that were painted. May be wrong of course but it's definitely not what Vic World uses on sandcasts.
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You are right Ash. I have never seen any painted from the factory. Even up to the 90's, the fork manufactures were just a lacquered surface treatment.
AshimotoK0:
This is what Vic World does :)
Oddjob:
Why not just try sanding one and see?
heli_madken:
I would agree with Ken on this one. Having stripped many alloy casings myself in my time you will notice the surface imperfections that just didnt appear to be there before, because they were hidden by silver paint. :)
Costs would have prevented Honda investing the time and energy into polishing the castings to a good enough standard to then cover them just with clear coat.
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