Originally Posted by Skip Magnuson
I took the fork to Walmarts and got a good match with automotive Duplicolor. I then cleaned the chips and scratches with metal polish and paint thinner and applied the paint with a small brush. Next I polished and waxed. From 10 feet (even 3 or 4 feet) it looks great.
The reason I took the fork in for matching is that the first couple of times I tried to match with a printed color match and it just wasn't good enough. The color was a metallic dark maroon and the first two attempts came out too light and too red.