I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint...hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
Nail polish? It's good enough. Bright yellow might be found there.
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I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint...hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
Try calling auto parts stores to see if any of them stock Dupli-Color touch up paint; there have been a number of bright yellows used on cars lately. Or, head down to a hobby shop and get a little jar of Testor's enamel in the closest shade; it's not bad stuff by any means.
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I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
Nail polish, car touch-up, and hobby shop enamel seem to be the most popular options, in no partcular order. (Mine the deposit that's closest, I say.) -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.
Sorry, my response should probably have been, they still have hobby stores?
Yup. Not as many as there used to be; traditional hobbies have been displaced to a considerable extent by the Universal Timewaster; TV.
Hmmm. There's one more source I'd forgotten. Game stores. They have half a zillion shades of paint for those fiddly little minatures that are used in war gaming and such. -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint...hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
My LBS sells the exact color for my frame, because they are a dealer for the manufacturer. As it happens they gave me a bottle when I bought the frame.
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint...hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
My LBS sells the exact color for my frame, because they are a dealer for the manufacturer. As it happens they gave me a bottle when I bought the frame.
Try your local Caterpillar tractor dealer.
Cat touch-up was in gallons as of last I heard...and I wouldn't call their yellow "bright". They aren't exactly given to spotting every little nick on those, y'know. (Clark and Hyster supplied spray cans of their current standard colors IIANM, but I never tried to get anything less than a gallon from Cat because it would take that much to touch up a D5 that had been used for a couple of days.) -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint.
How much will they charge for a pint? I have done this in the past (for a car), and the price seemed pretty fair. Also, you can have them color match your frame in laquer instead of enamel. Laquer lends itself to being "rubbed out", making for a nice clean touch up job.
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..hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
Sorry, my response should probably have been, they still have hobby stores?
They still exist here. I matched some metal flake purple when I rebuilt my brother's Serotta and touched up some rust. Testor's, in a spray can, can't do metal flake with a brush.
Don't necessarily expect to find an exact match in any of those little jars or bottles. Don't overlook the possibility of mixing two or more shades to get a close match. You can do this in small amounts with a toothpick, until you get a feel for what it takes. Then mix enough for your current needs and for the rest of the life of the bike.
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint...hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
My LBS sells the exact color for my frame, because they are a dealer for the manufacturer. As it happens they gave me a bottle when I bought the frame.
Try your local Caterpillar tractor dealer.
Cat touch-up was in gallons as of last I heard...and I wouldn't call their yellow "bright". They aren't exactly given to spotting every little nick on those, y'know. (Clark and Hyster supplied spray cans of their current standard colors IIANM, but I never tried to get anything less than a gallon from Cat because it would take that much to touch up a D5 that had been used for a couple of days.)
I need a bit of yellow paint to cover a couple of spots on my frame. I'll be heading to the drug store later - I hope some ladies out there like yellow. (As in yellow jersey yellow). Or is this a bad paint to use because it's so soft.
I can get an autobody supply show to match any color but if I want it *perfect* I'd have to get a full pint.
How much will they charge for a pint? I have done this in the past (for a car), and the price seemed pretty fair. Also, you can have them color match your frame in laquer instead of enamel. Laquer lends itself to being "rubbed out", making for a nice clean touch up job.
They wanted $28 for metallic paint and $20 for solid colors. The shop also said they can match by color code if the mfg. of the bike happened to have used the same color as a vehicle.
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..hopefully there's a vehicle out there that comes in a similar yellow so that I can pick up a tiny vial from the supply show or a car dealer.
I'm sure others have had to touch up a spot or two on their steel frames, is this even something I'd go to the LBS for?? Seems out of their purview.
Cat touch-up was in gallons as of last I heard...and I wouldn't call their yellow "bright". They aren't exactly given to spotting every little nick on those, y'know. (Clark and Hyster supplied spray cans of their current standard colors IIANM, but I never tried to get anything less than a gallon from Cat because it would take that much to touch up a D5 that had been used for a couple of days.)
Really?
Yup. I don't know if they use the same color on their construction and material handling equipment, but if so, then there's probably a better chance of getting the paint in spray cans from the MH division. I'd imagine that the Cat engine dealers might be a still better bet, though ISTR that the standard Cat engine paint was more of a tan color. Even so, the classic Cat yellow is darker than the paint on that bike by quite a bit.
(Now that I think about it, there may have been an aftermarket source for Cat yellow in spray cans. It's been about 15 years since I last had to pay any attention to the issue; things could have changed, though given the inertia in the MH and construction businesses, I suspect they won't have changed terribly much. Of course, given that Cat apparently sold their material handling division to Mitsubishi, things may have changed quite a bit in that area.) -- Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to reply via email. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.
They wanted $28 for metallic paint and $20 for solid colors. The shop also said they can match by color code if the mfg. of the bike happened to have used the same color as a vehicle.
FYI - all auto touch up paint is lacquer. Likewise most nail polish is, or at least used to be, lacquer. Interestingly enough, you can't buy lacquer from the auto body supply store in volume any more due to environmental concerns with spraying it en masse.
If you want to thin auto touch up paint - it's always too thick- pick up some lacquer thinner at (oddly enough) the auto supply store (where they won't sell you lacquer). Hardware stores have it too. You have to buy a quart but it's a nice solvent to have around for various goo.
