Miyata electric blue touch up paint?
05-26-20, 09:34 PM
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Miyata electric blue touch up paint?
i have an '89 triple cross in electric blue and have some scratches i'm looking to touch up. does anyone know of a good match? thanks!!
05-27-20, 09:55 AM
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We need a sticky - "Touch-up paint database".
I have the local the Baker Street irregulars here looking for nail-polish to match 1985 Peugeot Pearl White, if successful I will post what works.
For the op, please do also.
I have the local the Baker Street irregulars here looking for nail-polish to match 1985 Peugeot Pearl White, if successful I will post what works.
For the op, please do also.
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05-27-20, 12:24 PM
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It's not super active, but there has been one in the past: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...atabase-2.html
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If you want a nice match and are willing to spend $20-30, bring the frame to an auto paint shop and have them custom mix a small bottle for you. Have done this half a dozen times and always pleased with the color match and quality of the paint. IFF you want to spend that much!
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My method has been to spend a really huge amount of time staring at the bike in various lighting and then keep an eye out for nail polish that I think will work when I take one of my daughters shopping for beauty products. Believe it or not, that has worked for me.
More recently I got a bike that needed a lot of touch up for a metallic candy apple red finish. I asked my youngest daughter if she had any glittery red nail polish. She had one kind. It matched perfectly. I'll post pictures in another thread soon. It was like a Festivus miracle in April.
The point of this is, try nail polish. Of course, if you guess wrong more than a couple of times the auto shop method Flying G suggested might end up being cheaper.
More recently I got a bike that needed a lot of touch up for a metallic candy apple red finish. I asked my youngest daughter if she had any glittery red nail polish. She had one kind. It matched perfectly. I'll post pictures in another thread soon. It was like a Festivus miracle in April.
The point of this is, try nail polish. Of course, if you guess wrong more than a couple of times the auto shop method Flying G suggested might end up being cheaper.
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I have the same bike. Judging only from the online picture, this Testors model paint might do.
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I didn't bother with trying to fill in the grooves, because the bike is generally in high beausage condition, but it's a good 10-footer now.
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I have the same bike. Judging only from the online picture, this Testors model paint might do.
and, thank you, john. hobby lobby is opened, again. i'll see if they have that testor paint. looks really good from the web image, atleast
i won't be able to do pics of results, but i'll certainly post when/if it happens
