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Are you sure DT just don't make them a touch less smooth?
Well obviously they do. However I don't have access to a DT fork making factory so I was investigating the possibility of achieving a similar result through other means...
Buying a DT fork is a great idea except that they are £750 🙂
As for the fork internals - they have just been thoroughly serviced by the lovely Fork English bloke. They are stored upside down normally so the wipers are lubricated. If I oil the stanchions (tried loads of different oils) not much happens. Water does bead on the stanchions but that's about all the evidence I see.
Interestingly, I have another pair of Pace forks, RC39, which appear to have a similar coating on the stanchions (they are the same year). However these are always superbly smooth and active, and there clearly is more oil on the stanchions; it bunches up at the top of the stroke and attracts dirt etc, which doens't happen on the RC41s. So something's different.