After successfully painting my Silca pump with the touch up paint that
Riv sent with my Atlantis frame that I bought in '03, I've been
considering painting my SKS plastic fenders to match. Following
Grant's lead in the last post/reply, I searched the web for Testor's
USSR Interior Blue Green #2135
Steve:
Thanks for posting; I'm going to print that to see how closely it
matches the bike. I've used the Testors to touch up it does look
different but that may be just the brushing on lack of proper prep.
I'll see if the painter can work with the CMYK code. That's the sort
of info I was
I had some front rack braze-ons added to my Bleriot by a local
framebuilder (Peter Mooney) but he couldn't match the paint.
Rivendell was actually not helpful and could not provide a paint
number that could be given to a local painter. When I get some time,
I've been referred to a custom shop in
Most of Riv's standard paint schemes are a custom mix, so they don't
have a number, and can't really help much in matching. Butterscotch
was nearly impossible for Riv to replicate across Saluki models. Pea
Sage Green, a popular custom color, always comes out a little
different depending on the
painters that I have spoken to have told me they'd rather repaint the whole
bike than do a touch up
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Esteban proto...@gmail.com wrote:
Most of Riv's standard paint schemes are a custom mix, so they don't
have a number, and can't really help much in matching.
Somewhere on the site we say it. It is Testors Model Paint, Russian
Interior BLue. Used for inside Russian submarines to keep the Reds
calm. You can google it and find sources a-plenty. It is the only
Rivcolor that is a testors color, and therefore easy to find perfect
touch-up for. A painter can
Have you contacted Rivendell? Seems like they'd be able to help you
with it. Or even Waterford since they're now making the Atlantis for
Riv.
On Feb 23, 4:06 pm, doug peterson dougpn...@cox.net wrote:
Has anyone ever had something painted to match their Atlantis? I'm
talking to a guy (not
