I finished painting the front fork for the fixie project.

The fork crown is somewhat ornate so the burnisher helped force the masking tape down and then I trimmed it with the xacto knife.

I have a couple of eye hooks in the ceiling that are used to hang the fork. I will use the same setup to paint the frame.

I sprayed two coats of Ace Hardware's finest rattle-can red around 30 minutes apart.

I pulled all the tape off after about 30 minutes. Viola!

The front fork. The black is Rustoleum rattle-can semi-gloss black enamel. The frame will be painted the same way — semi-gloss black with glossy red on the frame lugs, bottom bracket shell, and dropouts. There is still a lot of sanding to do on the frame. It's wonderful physical therapy.