Painting the frame
The paintwork on the frame of my '82 RS is in a right state. As I'm going to give it a major overhaul, g'box bearings, timing chain & tensioner, big-ends & mains, valve seats, new discs and brake lines, and complete exhaust system, I'm thinking I might as well paint the brute as well. (The last time I added all that up it came to about a grand, I stopped counting after that.) Anyway, what paint / primer should I use, both for the frame and for the alloy forks? Also, does anybody know if BMW used any fancy steel for the frame: the reason I ask is that because they use high tensile steel in some aircraft you can't use things like Kurust, Rust Eater & Jenolite to cure surface rust as the phosphate compounds formed have the effect of locally hardening the steel, a Bad Thing apparently. So it has to be removed mechanically, which I assume means it has to be scraped/emery clothed/filed off. As I'll have plenty of other work to be getting on with Jenolite etc. seems to be the quickest way by far, I don't need perfection, so the question is, can anyone tell me if it's OK to use it?
Thanks to everybody for their responses to my previous questions, they were all most helpful.
John
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