centre stand painting
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centre stand painting
Has anyone got some idea,s on how to keep the centre stand paintwork in good condition , sick of wire brushing and hammerite paint as it still gets covered in road crud and invariably ends up rusting , i was wondering if getting it stove enamelled would work ?
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Re: centre stand painting
If you had a GS you could buy one of these from Wunderlich
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Re: centre stand painting
Easy enough to make your own. I repainted my stand with Hammerite smooth
Trust me I am a retired Doctor and lecturer at Oxford University of Structural and Mechanical/Electrical engineering.
"Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light". Groucho Marx
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Re: centre stand painting
extremely easy with a home made tool
Those springs are bloody strong and I reckon I could have done it with a spring puller but I thought sod it I am making life easy
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Re: centre stand painting
Well I'm not trying now
I also didn't want to risk marking/chipping the nicely powder coated stand
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Re: centre stand painting
I recall seeing a video a while back by a fella took off his stand, cleaned it, painted it, covered the cross section that's in the firing line with waterproof grease, then covered that with a short length of black PVC (plumbing type) tubing. It all sounded a bit OTT to me, but he was happy with the end result.
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Re: centre stand painting
Centre stands do get hammered with gravel rash, (particularly the crossbar between the two vertical legs), resulting in corrosion. Not wishing to remove the stand, I rubbed down the horizontal tube, brush painted with Hammerite Smooth then fitted a length of plastic tubing for future protection.
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