Corrosion - course of action?
Whilst fitting some new mudguards to my Allez this week I noticed some bubbling around the crown of the fork.
It's a carbon fork with alloy steerer - so alloy crown too. The rest of the fork is in good condition - the bike is ~6 seasons old and has covered ~9k miles - so it's not "Old" - well - I don't think so anyway.
The corrosion seems to have come from just behind the brake mount - which isn't surprising, it's a joint in the paint and somewhere where the paint could easily be damaged and it has started flaking.
I'm contemplating what I should do with this - at a relatively early stage I guess it would be possible to re-condition the crown - sand back, reapply some primer to seal and finish off with some new paint. I won't be able to match the existing paintwork well - it's Specialized Red - but the forks do have black on them - so a black crown would be easier to achieve without it looking too scruffy.
Thoughts?
It's a carbon fork with alloy steerer - so alloy crown too. The rest of the fork is in good condition - the bike is ~6 seasons old and has covered ~9k miles - so it's not "Old" - well - I don't think so anyway.
The corrosion seems to have come from just behind the brake mount - which isn't surprising, it's a joint in the paint and somewhere where the paint could easily be damaged and it has started flaking.
I'm contemplating what I should do with this - at a relatively early stage I guess it would be possible to re-condition the crown - sand back, reapply some primer to seal and finish off with some new paint. I won't be able to match the existing paintwork well - it's Specialized Red - but the forks do have black on them - so a black crown would be easier to achieve without it looking too scruffy.
Thoughts?
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No reason at all why you can't get the same red. Why do you think so?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
No - it's where the paint has flaked - so just dirty water getting in. Just around where the brake mounts.
yup - just toying with if I do that or leave it - but I think it needs doing sooner rather than later (ie the summer when I can ride my carbon bike).
Matching colours is a nightmare - especially as it'll but straight up to the adjacent red - it'll be noticeable. Far simpler to change the colour - and black is on there - so do a black section around the crown which will not be adjacent to other black sections and therefore an exact match isn't required.
SOunds just like paint flake - sand down, prime, spray.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
It's not that much of a nightmare.
Remove fork
Take to paint factor
Buy can of paint
Spray
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
you missed:
see paint join ...
Black is fine - I can change the design a little
Why will there be a paint join?
I'm sorry if I sound argumentative but I'm so tired and I may be missing the point.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour