My bikes are too dated for OEM touchup paint to be available. I've had pretty good luck with Hobby Town for Humbrol and Testor's enamels. If you get the balance of colors right (red, blue green, yellow), mixing a little white makes it lighter and a little black makes it darker. Still, almost impossible to get it perfect and in the end, the shape of what you put down affects the bright/dark. After it's good and dry, I'll use a little 4000-grit sandpaper followed by Meguiar's No. 7 or polishing compound, then wax.
On Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:25:27 PM UTC-5, hsmitham wrote: > > Rex my AAH has a custom color too but no touch up paint for me :-( > > > Hugh > Sunland, Ca > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Rex Kerr <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Riv doesn't do touchup paint? > > > > My AHH frame came with a small bottle of matching touch-up paint. Then > > again, I ordered a custom color so the painter probably saved it for me. > I > > used it to touch a tiny chip I found on the seatstay during assembly and > > then managed to crack the cap and dry it out, so no more matching > touchup > > paint for me. :-) > > > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Hugh Smitham > > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> Bryan, > >> > >> You're so right! But my wife is giving me resistance as my commute > >> would be late at night; she's scared for me. On the scratches I'm not > >> too worried, the vid came from Keven after we had a conversation about > >> touch up paint Haha Riv don't do touch up paint. I can at times can be > >> a little "Felix" but I'm mellowing out and just using the bicycle. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> > >> Hugh > >> Sunland, Ca > >> > >> > >> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Hugh Smitham > >> <[email protected]<javascript:>> > > >> wrote: > >> > Joe, > >> > > >> > I feel that way with cars! So I buy pre owned. > >> > > >> > > >> > Hugh > >> > Sunland, Ca > >> > > >> > > >> > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:09 AM, PATRICK MOORE > >> > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > > >> > wrote: > >> >> I've found that, if you don't wash your bike regularly, the dirt > often > >> >> covers them up. > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Rick > >> >> <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I wince. Both when I do it, and when I notice it later. > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > >> >>> > >> >>> To post to this group, send email to > >> >>> [email protected] <javascript:>. > >> >>> Visit this group at > >> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> >> http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > >> >> [email protected] <javascript:> > >> >> > >> >> Albuquerque, NM > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in > the > >> >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >> >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > >> >> > >> >> > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/pHwfmXOo6Nk/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. > > > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > >> >> [email protected] <javascript:>. > >> >> To post to this group, send email to > >> >> [email protected]<javascript:>. > > >> >> Visit this group at > >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<javascript:>. > > >> Visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/pHwfmXOo6Nk/unsubscribe?hl=en-US. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
