Paint matches

[baron von greenback]

Bump come people what have you used on frame forks parts etc

 

[baron von greenback]

what you hoing on about

 

[baron von greenback]

I dont want a frame building or painting i asking people what they have used to touch up there parts at home to save people buying loads of diffrent things trying to find a match

 

[PhillB]

Hang on, let me put down my meth pipe for a minute.....

What I would say is that touching up paint falls into two categories. Easy and hard.
Easy: It is quite easy to touch up solid colour paints and have them look great from 6 feet away using a similar colour. Some people use nail varnish, others use acrylic model paints. It is trial and error to mix these to get the best result. Build thin coats and finish with something clear sand with very fine paper and polish. Most of the time , this is good enough - It looks pretty good and it stops rust/oxidaition getting on bare metal, if it is a rider, it's only going to get more chips over time anyway....

Every thing else is HARD. Making solid colour touch-ups unnoticeable close up is very hard and takes a considerable amount of trail and error, probably more than most people can be arsed to do. Even Solid Black or Solid white are difficult as they come in different shades. Even if you have the original paint codes most of the bikes we work on are 20, 30 or even 40 years old and the original paint has undergone chemical changes due to oxidisation, ultra-violet degradation and other deterioration over that time. So even if you can find the original paint code match it can look 4/5 shades different when applied to old paint work. (It's a PITA, trust me!!) You can blend it though for a reasonably good result - find the nearest car touch up paint and tint it with black/blue/white - test and let it dry as the colour will shift as it cures. If you feather the edges around the touch up then the transition is harder to notice.

Metallic or pearlescent paints are very, very, hard to touch up because the effect is determined by light reflecting through the layers of paint. The best results I have got here are using an airbrush and ultimately I was not that pleased with the results and it is often better to respray either a whole section of the frame or the whole bike, it actually takes less time.

Bear in mind, I am just an old fart doing this in my garden, I'm pretty happy with my results, but there are true pro's out there who are magicians with paint. My experiments and efforts to date have only given me more admiration for their skill.

Just my 2c!

 

[baron von greenback]

Your 2c is appreciated and i agree wirh everthing you have said now if you want perfection then get it resprayed but most of the time you get a chip or scratch it bothers you and you think i have a go at doing it it half the fun and the battle of it when you get it right now if you can get a start point like the original code off someone then play about from there say sdding colors to dull it down saves talking your bike into the nail varnish shop haha

 

[pedestrian]

I, for one, would be interested in the color match for the M735 rear mech. It doesn't look black to me, I think there's a hint of blue in it.,

 

[Spankyfart]

Don't paintmixerssellingstuffandcansshops have technology hat can scan the paint.

 

[baron von greenback]

Yes they do only problem is if your color not in it no good best chance is finding a specialist car builder or sprayer who mixes there own unique paints no easy in uk for example you ever watched that kindig design were they do spray outs till perfect sometbing like that or its home diy

 

[Spankyfart]

Looks to me that's your best option, I emailed Koga and they couldn't give a shit.
If it doesn't track go google Skynet and go after them.

 

[Caj Remtiw]

Hey baron, you want someone to hold your "pee pee" and do it for you! That way, if it doesn't turn out to your satisfaction... you can blame the person that was trying to be helpful.

No wonder professionals laugh lowly cheap "F's" like you out of their shop doors! You've already gotten a "reputation" amongst local painters/ finishing people... Haven't you!?!?!