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Old 10-13-09, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SirMike1983
Touch up is not an automatic-- beware that you may end up reducing the value of your bicycle. Some bicycles are worth more if they're simply cleaned up and preserved without touch up. Most people don't have those kinds of bicycles though. Make sure what you have isn't rare or highly valuable.
Exactly. I will not touch up my Colnago, I use clear nail polish on it (easy to remove later). But I routinely touch up mid level and lower bikes (and I use Testors Enamel for it).
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