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Colonial Red

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Regal red

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Regal on pond side
Colonial on courtyard side

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Colonial Red is the closer match. I'll probably just need to knock down the finish a little bit.
Time to get to sanding the fork parts and prep them for paint.
 
I've mentioned this deal before, but my go to sandpaper if from Dollar Tree. You get a good mixed stack for $1.25. It is decent quality too.

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You gotta love old true chrome!

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Meanwhile, I'm trying to develop methods to make new chrome look like the chrome that you are starting with. :21:

I thought seriously about leaving the aged chrome alone, but I just love these forks too much. I like having the contrasting flash and decay.
 
Just as I was cleaning the paint parts and putting wire hangers on them and about to pull together my urban paint booth, thunderstorm cloud rolled in.

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When we returned from dinner there was enough light and the rain had been gone for quite awhile. Assembled the urban paint booth and got a coat of primer on the fork parts.

Shortly after that a FB Marketplace seller responded that she still had two Electra Cruiser 7Ds fir sale. They need new chains and handlebar paint, but for $30 total, I jumped in the car for the nighttime 2 hour round trip.

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Got a base coat of hammered brown on

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Added some random basecoat sprays from about 3 or 4 feet away with primer red and some flat brown

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