I've played around with mixing a couple colors of modeler's enamel (Testors or Model Master), mixing on a paper plate, to try and match as closely the original paint. Can likely do the same with nail polish, as Wesley mentions. Now all my bikes are black so they are much easier to touch up with just gloss black Testors.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:57:52 AM UTC-7 Wesley wrote: > Ah, that's a tough break Kiley. I'd seek out the best match you can find > in Sally Hansen nail polish. Here's a quote from Grant's latest Blahg so > you know it's got official approval: > > "We (well, I) use nail polish. Joe Bell, world's best bike painter, once > told me he thought nail polish was super as touch-up paint, even tougher > than his own paint. It comes in tons of colors and costs $4 to $8 per vial, > and if you don't like your work, you can always use, you guessed it, nail > polish remover. Pedals are fun, but it's kind of a shame that you cover up > your work when you're riding. Do stems, seat posts, handlebars, hubs, inner > perimeters of rims, spokes, derailers (I did a sloppy job on my most-used > derailer, and ... I like it)." > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 7:19:01 AM UTC-7 Kiley Demond wrote: > >> As some of you know, I have been looking for an early-model 59cm Clem L, >> preferably orange with blue the runner-up. I preferred frame-only because I >> knew that I would probably replace 80% of the components. For some reason, >> I took the wheels too. The frame was pristine but in shipping, the wheels >> were lashed to the frame with a tie-wrap, the hub protector popped off, and >> the hub proceeded to gouge the frame for several days in transit. >> >> I bought this for myself for my 64th birthday and I am bitterly >> disappointed. I can return the frame and start my search over, or I can >> propose remediation. What will it take to fix this? I can live with a >> little bit of marking but it obviously needs to be repaired to seal the >> frame and reduce the cosmetic sting. I can contact Riv about touch-up >> paint, but the frame is from 2016, so.... >> >> Thank you in advance for your thoughts. >> >> -Kiley >> >> [image: IMG_3218D.jpeg][image: IMG_3222D.jpeg][image: IMG_3216D.jpeg] >> > -- 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/a8b17443-d7b7-4737-bf17-1c2d4e75141dn%40googlegroups.com.
