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Ben Yap said:

Hi All:
Does anyone has any advice on the best way to touch up paint chips? I've
been locking up my bike using a U-Lock on bike racks at my workplace --
bad idea -- as the frame has been rubbing against the rack resulting in
paint chipping off. What would be a better way to lock up the bike on
bike racks? Thanks
Ben

I've always owned black city bikes and strategically wrapped them with
electrical tape at the bike rack contact points.

Works for me.

😄

maxo said:

Ben Yap said:

Hi All:
Does anyone has any advice on the best way to touch up paint chips? I've
been locking up my bike using a U-Lock on bike racks at my workplace --
bad idea -- as the frame has been rubbing against the rack resulting in
paint chipping off. What would be a better way to lock up the bike on
bike racks? Thanks
Ben

I've always owned black city bikes and strategically wrapped them with
electrical tape at the bike rack contact points.

The London bike messengers wrap their tubes in old inner-tubes, mummy
style.

-Luigi

Quoted message said:

Works for me.

😄

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can also
try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible. I don't really worry about the appearance of my bike much, so I
use a metallic red on my red frame. You have to keep up with it, though, as
the nail polish tends to wear down after a while.
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Quoted message said:

Hi All:
Does anyone has any advice on the best way to touch up paint chips? I've
been locking up my bike using a U-Lock on bike racks at my workplace --

bad

Quoted message said:

idea -- as the frame has been rubbing against the rack resulting in paint
chipping off. What would be a better way to lock up the bike on bike

racks?

Quoted message said:

Thanks
Ben

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Quoted message said:

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can

also

Quoted message said:

try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible. I don't really worry about the appearance of my bike much, so

I

Quoted message said:

use a metallic red on my red frame. You have to keep up with it, though,

as

Quoted message said:

the nail polish tends to wear down after a while.

I guess you could use car touch-up paint.

"Ben Yap"

Quoted message said:

Hi All:
Does anyone has any advice on the best way to touch up paint chips? I've
been locking up my bike using a U-Lock on bike racks at my workplace --

bad

Quoted message said:

idea -- as the frame has been rubbing against the rack resulting in paint
chipping off. What would be a better way to lock up the bike on bike

racks?

Quoted message said:

Thanks
Ben

Stickers. Get a lot of stickers.

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Stickers. Get a lot of stickers.

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http://www.microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/stickers/?PHPSESSID=e8ce032707723956e36a8c858f46f5a2

Ahh.. Generic-Bumper-Sticker Co.

In article <[email hidden]>,

NYRides said:

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can also
try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible.

I've heard of people getting satisfactory (to them) little
touch-up results with Testor[tm] paints -- those little jars
of paint for plastic models. I've never tried it, myself,
so it's an At Your Own Risk thing.

Sometimes a little scar tissue on a vehicle can be a
badge of honour. But then, so can chainring 'tattoos'.

cheers,
Tom

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Quoted message said:

I've heard of people getting satisfactory (to them) little
touch-up results with Testor[tm] paints -- those little jars
of paint for plastic models. I've never tried it, myself,
so it's an At Your Own Risk thing.

This is why the Rivendell Atlantis comes in Testors Kitchen
Cabinet Aqua Blue.

I mean, that is a nasty colour.

But it's easily touched up and it doesn't actually look that bad
if you are into Bianchi, it is better than Bianchi blue.

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Quoted message said:

Stickers. Get a lot of stickers.

Especially yellow ones, and ones with chinese writing. And a big red
'R' couldn't hurt. They make you go faster.

Oh, wait, this isn't
rec.autos.sport-compact.chainsaw-sounding-exhaust. Does that work
for bikes, too?
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Quoted message said:

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can

also

Quoted message said:

try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible. I don't really worry about the appearance of my bike much, so

I

Quoted message said:

use a metallic red on my red frame. You have to keep up with it, though,

as

Quoted message said:

the nail polish tends to wear down after a while.

I guess you could use car touch-up paint.

Especially if you have a custom paint job that used a car paint. I got my
touchup paint at the local auto parts chain, it was a Ford factory color.

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Quoted message said:

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can

also

Quoted message said:

try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible. I don't really worry about the appearance of my bike much, so

I

Quoted message said:

use a metallic red on my red frame.

My bike wears the classic Marilyn Monroe color of Revlon Red.

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Quoted message said:

I use nail polish. If you just want to avoid rust, use clear. You can

also

Quoted message said:

try to match the finish with a colored polish, but that's virtually
impossible. I don't really worry about the appearance of my bike much, so

I

Quoted message said:

use a metallic red on my red frame.

My bike wears the classic Marilyn Monroe color of Revlon Red.

Ah, no wonder you're fast. Everybody knows that red bikes are faster.
(It's a scientific fact.)

*ducking and running"

;-)

-km

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've heard of people getting satisfactory (to them) little
touch-up results with Testor[tm] paints -- those little jars
of paint for plastic models. I've never tried it, myself,
so it's an At Your Own Risk thing.

This is why the Rivendell Atlantis comes in Testors Kitchen
Cabinet Aqua Blue.

I mean, that is a nasty colour.

But it's easily touched up and it doesn't actually look that bad
if you are into Bianchi, it is better than Bianchi blue.

Hi Eric, I have seen one pastel blue color frame, either on
Rivendell's site, or Waterford's site (I'm pretty sure it's Rivendell)
with gorgeous hand carved lugs, and contrasting cream on the headtube.
This color in a road bike I think is quite stunning, particulary for a
retro-style build-up. (If you like that sort of thing, I sure
do!)After awhile, I think one get's tired of seeing fire engine red,
or electric blue on a bike, as there's so many of them out there.

Getting back the the original poster's questions, Bike paints, like
guitar finishes are awful hard to accurately match, especially, when
you have no idea what the color code is? If it is a quite expensive
bike, and one is very particular about accuracy of paint match,
perhaps what one could do, is visit a auto paint supplier, where books
full of a multitude of colors can be viewed. Many of these better
suppliers can, and will custom mix small quantities in either aerosol
spray can, or in touch up bottle quantities.

Another good product for autos, and bikes, etc, is a product called
Langka www.langka.com Langka will level any touch-up jobs with
professional results, without effecting, or harming the original paint
finish. I use it on my vehicles, and am very happy with its results. I
assume this would also be a fantastic product to use for quality touch
up jobs on bikes too! Mark