red

[trailertrash]

can anyone tell me the correct colours used to make up the mk1 red finish, not really after a one coat job, i want some real depth to it

[4737carling]

Raleigh mad says he mastered the colour with a one coat system. I use a gold undercoat followed by a candy red topcoat.

The best thing to do is take your forks to a paintshop and match them to the best colour. Theres 2 different shades of red, the early ones were deeper in colour. On the 78s the gold showed through more.

What i did was spray a gold basecoat then spray 1 topcoat at a time untill i got the colour and depth i liked.

[trailertrash]

trouble is i don't have a red bike for reference,anyone got any mk1 red forks,any condition but not faded too much.i'm going to respray my daughters blue mk1 i bought for christmas last year, the previous 'restorer' did a cr*p job on it and its breaking out all over so to make it up to my girl i said i would do it red which is what she fancied to start with.

[4737carling]

The problem is most early forks are faded. The true colour would be on the part of the fork thats hidden. By using a gold basecoat you can get the true colour match while builing up the layers of red.

I took my forks to the paintshop and they made up the paint to match. is it the may 76 your painting red?