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meticulous:
i wet spray over powder all the time and never had a problem, i would go as far to say the powder is the perfect underrcoat coat to work from, all you need to do is flat down the powder with 400 wet n dry for the paint to key too....     :daumenhoch:

SteveG:
Thanks for the advice, might give it a go.
I suppose the other option if I stay black is to flat the powder off and try and re-polish it.  Never tried that either.

superbikedan:
hi steve believe it or not but the solvents in wet spray soften powder witch then

make it a good key and the paint sticks well, all i would do is flat the powder down as

much as you can and try not to flat back to raw metal, just work on the pitted

areas and a light flat over the rest and they should come out good :daumenhoch:

SteveG:
Hi thanks for the reply Dan.
I've messed about with cellulose on cars and did a bit of paint testing at work but know zero about powder coating.
I've been thinking about changing the colour of the forks for a while, time to do a quick photoshop (more like a few hours) and see what it looks like.

meticulous:
like dan says, the solvents in the paint seem to soak in the powder, dont bother polishing the powder, it the same colour all the way through and wont get any shinier...

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