Paint job quality

Hi Ivar, I'm a bit confused about what you mean by "Cable
Shoes, but I'm thinking that you mean "Cable End Caps"
Where the Cable housings stop/end at the frame Cable
Stop, Correct?

Perhaps this paint job was not fully cured, or not baked for
a short period. Most Clear Coat finishes used today should
require a baking to help fully dry the paint. Not everyone
does this though.

Yes, the new Clear Coat Paints come in a Myriad of colors,
and do rival the old Laquer paints of yesteryear, but they
are indeed delicate. Figure that the clear coat alone, is
about the thickness of a postage stamp.

Polyurethanes, and another paint called "Imron", are much
more durable paints.

About the only thing you can do, is find out what the paint
code is, and see if you can order yourself a bottle of touch
up paint from somewhere.?

After touch up, you can perhaps buff, and wax again
after touch up paint is dry, and you might be able to
think up another way of protecting your paint in this
particular area? Perhaps a very thin small nylon washer
from an electronics shop? Something that would not be
spongy, and effect you brake performance, yet prevent
metal-to-paint contact?

As far as other areas to be protected, I have seen these
little rubber donuts-O-Rings that are slipped over the
cables, and prevent cable/paint rubbing. Hope this helps,
Mark "Ivar Hesselager" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

I have got myself a new bike and I have invested a lot of
thought and effort to get it just like I wanted it,
including choosing between 200 colors of paint for the
frame. To my eye the paint job is fine. BUT .... I am
afraid the paint isn't as hard and resistant as it should
be. I put colored electricians tape on the frame, where
the cable shoes touch it - but at one spot I did not place
the tape accurately enought, so there has been a wear on
the paint for two weeks/ 500 km. And already the paint is
worn off complely on that particular spot. I tend to
interpret that as an indication of the paint beeing too
soft. And since I spend 2600 Euro on the bike - 900 was
for the (painted) frame alone - I would expect the paint
job to be of a good quality. I have seen cable wear on the
paint on my other bikes, but never this soon. But I am
ignorant of the different qualities of paint jobs, and I
don't know what to ask for or to look for. So I need help:
Does the rubbing of a hole in the paint after 500 km
indicate a poor paint quality? Am I right in expecting a
better quality on a 900 euro frame? If the shop owner says
this was the quality I paid for, should I hurry to have it
repainted with at clear and hard paint, while the colored
paint is still new? I would appreciate some of the
exeprienced advice I have found before in this group - or
maybe a link for my further education.

Ivar of Denmark