[quote="paul g"]As Tom said I have restored a few pairs of forks, I have them vapour blasted first and then use a scotchbrite flapper wheel.

If you look at a pair of original fork bottoms they have a grained finish although this doesnt run all the way to the brake lugs and other protrusions that are hard to polish, I masked out the appropiate areas and grained the forks with a scotch brite flapper wheel in a drill then laquered the fork leg.

Paul... thanks this exactly what I was looking for!
I thought the polished area had been done after market but looking at yours I now see mine are standard!

I have just gone the first with med scotchbrite and tcut and it worked well.