Fork tubes, to paint, polish or clear coat?

[Spyder]

They even have one specially formulated for motorcycles

[chuck hahn]

You can treat a chunk of mild steel at one end and leave the other end bare and untouched. Throw the metal out in the yard and get it wet and go back in a few days. Power Seal end is exactly like when you threw it down...and you know what the untreated end looks like.

Like i said, you polish the part and then buff it in real good. It embeds a polymer seal deep into the pores.

[mrbill5491]

Had mine powder coated. look great.

[jabcb]

A guy on the Suzuki 2 stroke forum offers a refinish service. He cleans/polishes them up & uses a gloss clear powder coat final finish for durability.

http://www.suzuki2strokes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=9517&sid=d6a5e0d40958ff8cd9c1cf4865353b9d

[tkent02]

Had mine powder coated. look great.

+1, it's tough enough for forks. I haven't used the clear stuff yet but I think it would look pretty good. Forks sure look good in gloss black.

[Grimly]

http://wizardsproducts.com/power-seal-8-oz/

ooh! Oh yes, I read that, Chuck and now I am checking it out! It sounds to be more substantial than the Fluid film...

Wizards ® POWER SEAL TM is an easy-to-use liquid
sealant that preserves the beauty of polished metals
against corrosives such as ordinary air, humidity,
water spray and road contaminants such as salt and
lime. A bonus with POWER SEAL TM is that it buffs
to a long-lasting, slippery, high-gloss finish that will
maintain the shine and protect all types of metal sur-
faces*. This product is designed to give the highest
luster possible requiring the least amount of effort.

I'm taken by the claims and results enough to want to buy a tin, but there seem to be no stockists here, although Wizard's themselves appear to sell other stuff via UK Amazon, so I've enquired.
In the absence of that, I'll just polish and wax and clean regularly. Horrors.

[Gorminrider]

...That is a recurring problem. The Americans can invent, produce and market special !Wonderments! inside their own bubble and need never bother to go through the nuisance to market their elixirs overseas to puny demographics like Canada or the even the UK...

[1948man]

You can treat a chunk of mild steel at one end and leave the other end bare and untouched. Throw the metalk out in the yard and get it wet and go back in a few days. Power Seal end is exactly l;ike when you threw it down...and you know what the untreated end looks like.

Like i said, you polish the part and then buff it in real good. It embeds a polymer seal deep into the pores.

Thanks. just ordered some of the "motorcycle specific" Wizard's.

[jsandidge]

Thanks. just ordered some of the "motorcycle specific" Wizard's.

I ordered some too. Came in the mail yesterday.

[1948man]

I ordered some too. Came in the mail yesterday.

Great. Let us know your opinion.

[mikerophone]

Along for the ride. Refinishing some forks and wheels this week too although I now have 5" of snow at my house.

Seriously, I bet it's more snow than I had all year combined and it's the middle of freaking April!! Back in the shed I go although I hear it'll be 70 by the Sunday.


Is this the stuff? http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-22021-.../dp/B005ZHDS6G

[smartin108]

Had mine powder coated. look great.

I'm curious what this costs. I really like the look of gloss black forks.

[limeex2]

I had a sub-frame on my Triumph powdered coated a couple of years ago. If I waited while he did a bunch of the same color it was $35.Those fork legs done by the 2-stroke person were holy %$#@ nice! a little spendy,but they look better than new.

[1948man]

Anybody have an opinion as to whether the Wizard's will hold up on engine cases, considering the heat?

[mikerophone]

Anybody have an opinion as to whether the Wizard's will hold up on engine cases, considering the heat?

It's holding up great on my engine covers so far but its only been a week.