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Old 06-08-06 | 11:02 AM
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Skip Magnuson
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From: Spokane, Washington

Bikes: Italvega 1971, Italvega 1972 SuperSpeciale, Holdsworth Mistral 1983.

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.
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