Originally Posted by
Bottomfeeder
After reading all the Rattle Can posts I could find here - and there are a bunch - I am presently experimenting on the fork of my SR Semi Pro road bike. A friend of mine who is into off road motorcycle racing suggested I use heat resistant engine enamel. He said just shoot it on, no primer required, and bake if for a while once it's dry. He said he's done motocross parts this way and the resulting finnish is pretty tough.
I painted the fork on Sunday. Looks good. Now all I need is a way to bake it at 300 degrees for a couple hours. I just survived mentioning doing this in our kitchen oven in front of my wife. So now I'm considering either a solar hot box arrangement or using a contained propane heater.
DanO
don't use an oven that will ever have food in it, as you will NEVER get the paint smell out. (your wife is a smart lady) if you know someone that works in a body shop, some have giant curing rooms, they could just set the fork in the room and bake with the car for a few hours
or just use a quartz space heater, and set the fork about 3-4 feet away, and rotate it every hour or so.
probably only need 3-4 hours like that,...the solar box will also work, I remember baking a cake in a solar box as a science class project.
I'd just use a better type of spray paint if it was me, and skip the oven step entirely.