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 Powdercoat removal
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Neal
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:58 am

What chemicals remove a powdercoat finish? Nitro Mors wont touch it...
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:00 am

chemicals don't.

Its a scrape off job.
Neal
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:02 am

bah Sad

needs gritblasting or something then
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:04 am

depending on how thick it is you may find it will peel off in strips like wallpaper.
Neal
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:07 am

im talking about the lowers on my bike fork. Want to strip em and repaint. Bit of and awkward shape...
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:12 am

just key the surface and paint over them.

you may end up like JB and get an industrial lot to blast em, you ALWAYS have to ask!

And your right awkward shape, there still got the allen key fitments at th ebottom or did they go out with the old rock shoxs?
Neal
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:16 am

the original surface is pretty ditched... needs to all come off really.

dunno what you mean about the allen key bits. There are 2 cap things on the bottom of the legs which hold the lowers to the internals if thats what you mean. And yes, they are a pain.
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:27 am

used to have allen key boltsd exposed I cracked a few on rocks, some fell out and so on.

I always prefered solid's, still bent them though.
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