Not a Respray Touch up and one Decal / Sticker

[robsmith]

Hi, does anyone know a place that is able to touch a 1997 Kona Lava Dome, Green and P2 forks, I want to keep the original paint work, would just like it touch up in places, images to follow, thanks

Adding to this, OR gone full circle, if anyone can recommend, and full respray and add decals after, thanks again

 

[Tsundere]

Hi, does anyone know a place that is able to touch a 1997 Kona Lava Dome green and P2 forks up, I want to keep the original paint work, would just like it touch up in places, images to follow, thanks

I've been thinking about the same thing. I have an otherwise pristine frame with a nasty paint chip on the top tube. Been thinking about contacting local car detailers, who are experts at repairing small stone chips and other minor cosmetic issues. Probably cheap too.

 

[Gtpulse]

Most places if they’d take work that small would just want to paint the whole fork.

Nail varnish is a good bet if you can get something close, using a proper small brush and applying in layers.

If you can get a paint match I’ve used a Loew Cornell paint pen for very small chips as well. You can put a tiny dot on at a time in the chip and build it up. You put a small amount of your chosen paint in the tiny thimble and it comes out a dot at a time from the nib, that’s covered by the red cap in the photo. The nib is small enough to fit inside the circumference of most chips. It’s not an invisible finish but can be really good.

 

[baron von greenback]

Ok gtpulse can you put a pic of paint pen and anything you used as touch up that are a match in my paint thread i trying to do if you dont mind nobodys playing so i going to take my ball home haha

 

[Gtpulse]

Ok gtpulse can you put a pic of paint pen and anything you used as touch up that are a match in my paint thread i trying to do if you dont mind nobodys playing so i going to take my ball home haha

I’d have to go through my wife’s nail varnish drawer again! I’m not sure any of my paint matches would much use tbh unless “almost Muddy Fox Courier white” and “looks only a shade darker than whatever Dave Yates used for metallic blue” are in demand. To be fair I did use a colour match for a Dyna-Tech Odyssey fork I found in a thread from @boy"O"boy

 

[baron von greenback]

Cheers mate you know how hard it is to find a match so seemed a good idea to start thread i was hopeing for more intrest and the frame painters getting involved but it seems to be like pulling teeth with them like its a black art haha but that pen thing was a great idea as i was thinking airbrush tganks anyways