Paint question

stig · Post by **stig** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:48 pm

If I touched up a couple NASTY chips on my bike with some model paint would it harm the original paint and would it stay?

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:05 pm

go to pep boys and get the touch up paint and some clear. its just as easy

fixitmattman · Post by **fixitmattman** » Mon May 07, 2007 7:09 pm

I've used model paint on my bike for years to touch it up. So far so good

stig · Post by **stig** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:03 pm

Well, eet worked

My color matchings skillz need some fine-tuning, but it's a lot better than it was.

Before:

After, looks better in person... flash wasn't really working on my side:

Did a couple other cosmetic things, so here's the bike yesterday:

And then today:

I wanna get some black wheels for it, but that costs money.....

Post by **racer12306** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:24 pm

paint the ones you have.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:22 am

StarStruckNeon00 · Post by **StarStruckNeon00** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:32 am

bahahahahahahaha, i thought he was talking about a bike as in motorcycle, i saw the pics and about died, good shit

stig · Post by **stig** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:03 am

racer12306 wrote:paint the ones you have.

That would work everywhere except the brake track, I'm considering doing the spokes this afternoon but I'm not sure

Post by **racer12306** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:51 am

what about powdercoat.

little more money, but i believe powdercoating is much more resistant to coming off

OverDrive418 · Post by **OverDrive418** » Tue May 08, 2007 8:56 am

StarStruckNeon00 wrote:bahahahahahahaha, i thought he was talking about a bike as in motorcycle, i saw the pics and about died, good smeg

I thought he meant motorcycle too!

Took my bike frame to the local body shop and had the guy spray it with the leftover paint from the next red car he did. One week and $25 bucks later looked better than new!