I just stripped all the ugly old paint/PC off of my c'dale and now I'm wondering what to do with it. It is bare metal, but it isn't metal looking, it's like it has a tan-ish haze over the surface almost like when aluminum oxidizes x100 (if that makes any sense... I can post pictures tomorrow). The fork looks like plain 'ol steel, though. I'm wondering what I could do to make it look more bare metal-ish and then put a clear coat over it. If anyone's got any ideas on that, let me know for sure, or post up some decent ideas on what to do with it aside from the bare metal look. I want something cheap/simple to maintain that I can do myself. I do not want to go the krylon route again, though.