RDS rear dropout snapped on mine too.
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Grainy thumbnail pic, file acuity lost in software updates, you get the
idea though. Both sides replaced by Rivendell, JB reshot the paint.
Andy Cheatham
Pittsburgh
On Monday, December 26, 2022 at 1:33:58
I should have mentioned that a few years ago the rd dropout cracked and I
took it back to Riv who had it re-brazed in Sacto and then sent to
a paint matcher to repaint the repaired area who was obviously really good
at this and I could not see any change in the color.
Chris
Boise
On Friday,
Small blems on an orange Rambouillet may be cosmetically reduced from
attracting attention using nail enamel in a good color match. As others
have said, the pearlescent orange finish was a three layer build to achieve
the result and is a harrowing repair to execute with continuity to the
That is all very true. Matching metallic / pearl formulas is nearly
impossible but you never know…maybe you get lucky. Keep at it ; )
And the TESTORS Boyd’s paints go way way back to the nineties. Probably
impossible to get your brush in.
But good luck! BTW, that’s Boyd Coddington, one of the
Not sure on that one.
Note that the orange Ram was a layered paint job. Very tough to actually
"match".
Jim
On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 12:14:57 PM UTC-8 cdres...@gmail.com wrote:
> Checked some older postings and cyclofriend who recommended Boyds Roadser
> Florida Orange Pearl but
Hi Bruce -
I recently came into a great orange Ram (purchased from a list member
here). I was wondering how your touch-ups turned out.
My frame is in great shape, but does have a nick or chip in a few places.
I also see on the Cyclofiend site, that Boyd's Roadstar Florida Orange
Pearl" #52920
I did the 3 tubes with clear coat for $50 less 10% coupon. There were several
other options but I didn't need all the extra gloves/sandpaper/etc. Some of the
other oranges looked a little closer on the ap but the c5 was recommended. When
it arrives I'll repost so all of the other creamsicle
Which kit did you buy? The $36 "Just the color" one? Or the $46
"Essential" kit? Or something else?
Best of luck with it. It sounds like the right 3-layer approach, provided
the color is right.
Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA
On Friday, June 26, 2020 at 3:33:27 PM UTC-7, Bruce Curry
Just pulled the trigger in the Lamborghini Huracan Orancio Borealis C5C5
touch-up paint from Touch-up as others have mentioned. Will let you know
how it looks when it is received. See link below.
https://touchupdirect.com/touch-up-paint/lamborghini/huracan/#pf-year=all=111820=jar
Leave
Ford and Toyota both have a pretty nice metallic orange in their current
lineup.
Parts departments at dealers often sell touch up paint.
I’m not suggesting either is a good match but they are both nice shades of
orange.
Whenever I have needed touch up paint for a bicycle, I’ve ridden my bike
If you take the frame to a paint store, they should be able to scan it and
produce a matching colour paint, though it will just be plain and not
metalflake. Alternatively, see if you can find some orange metalflake nail
polish that's a close match. I found some blue metalflake nail polish that
Christian, My orange Rambouillet came unpainted in the shipping container
and was painted by Joe Bell. I was tracking its every move since I intended
to ride it across the country with a group meeting in Yorktown, VA on a set
date. Even though it was the premier choice for me and a production
Hey Ricky,
a good start would be checking out the Cyclofiend site for paint
suggestions:
http://www.cyclofiend.com/rbw/color.html
You're right, Testors doesn't quite have the range they used to in the past
but they do sell a reasonable amount of colors in small amounts that would
work well
Btw my advice was also because - as we see in this thread - no one ever knows
what the heck to use for touch-up paint on an orange Rambouillet. I've been
reading posts on this for 19 years and it's a very particular paintjob in Japan
that Riv can't even replicate now.
Which is a background
My advice was:
"I would contact Joe Bell through his website. He didn't paint those but he's
the paint master and can probably send you something pretty close to the color."
The point being he probably knows what an orange Ram looks like and might have
something at the shop he can sell this
I had a thought about a month ago that it would be great if there was a
collective effort to list touch up paint for Riv colors. It was nice to see
how quickly the Riv Reader Archive came together as well as the models,
years spreadsheet. I would personally benefit as I'm brutal on my bike's
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
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
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It's a metallic orange, BTW. Any other orange wouldn't match.
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 9:24:40 PM UTC-4, Bill in Roswell GA wrote:
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> Christian,
> Joe is right. Contacting Mr. Bell is appropriate.
>
> I have a Riv Ram with the pearl orange paint (been in love with that color
> for 20
I thought he retired?
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 3:07:15 PM UTC-4, Joe Bernard wrote:
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> I would contact Joe Bell through his website. He didn't paint those but
> he's the paint master and can probably send you something pretty close to
> the color.
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Christian,
Joe is right. Contacting Mr. Bell is appropriate.
I have a Riv Ram with the pearl orange paint (been in love with that color
for 20 years). As I understand it, that was a 3 step process to get the
pearl finish according to Grant. My Ram just has a few nicks here and
there, not
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