I agree that if I wanted the best possible paint job, I would also contact Joe Bell. I imagine that the paint job that would replicate the color of an Orange Rambouillet and improve on the quality would be a ~$1200 paint job, and there probably is no better craftsperson on earth to do that $1200 job.
I'm not so sure that the original poster should expect Joe Bell to engineer a three-part touch-up paint solution for his Orange Ram. First off, I don't know that Joe Bell sells touch up kits. Second of all, since he didn't have anything to do with the original paint job, it's not certain he knows exactly which base, which color, and which pearl top coat would be needed. There is probably no harm in asking, but I think of Joe Bell as a $100/hour tradesperson, and I think generating a custom 3-layer touch up kit to match the Orange Ram as a 2-3 hour job if he has the frame on hand, and may be impossible if he doesn't have the frame on hand. If I was the OP and was going to email Joe Bell, I would limit my ask to anything he knew off the top of his head, like "is he familiar with the orange ram? Does he know the three colors used? Does he know of a way to obtain those products? Does he offer a touch up service and what is the general pricing?" Rather than go directly to the most-skilled, and highest-price bicycle painter, I think of the OP wanting to do something cheap and reasonably effective. I'd start by asking Riv, who at least has some obligation to provide supporting information for the Ram, even if the OP is not directly Riv's customer for that particular Ram. I would not try to pump an individual tradesperson for information unless I had the sincere intention of hiring that tradesperson, or if I already had pushed a significant amount of business through that tradesperson. Those are my 2 cents on this topic. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, CA On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 6:33:25 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: > > He just finished my Riv custom and I just talked to him a couple weeks > ago. Go here, get your frame painted, it's worth every dollar! > > joebell.net > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/fbc3aa76-2b8e-4d0d-957f-fe9387f91bb2%40googlegroups.com.
