Cannondale Acid Red Paint Match Suggestions
06-03-20, 07:37 PM
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Cannondale Acid Red Paint Match Suggestions
Bought my daughter a canon dale kids bike in March as her first bike. She’s fallen on it a couple of times but now is flying around on it and she would like to see if I could fix some of the scuffs from the early falls on her handle bars.
I haven’t seen any color match guides for paint but have read I should look for hobby shop paint. I didn’t know if anyone had experience already with trying to color match the “acid red” color that they could then suggest what color combos they used to match it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I haven’t seen any color match guides for paint but have read I should look for hobby shop paint. I didn’t know if anyone had experience already with trying to color match the “acid red” color that they could then suggest what color combos they used to match it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
06-04-20, 06:52 AM
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Sorry I don't have direct experience but hobby store paint is good. Another suggestion is nail polish. There must a billion shades of red on the market and one should be close to that bike.
06-04-20, 03:14 PM
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Honestly, there's "perfect match" and there's "not exactly". "Not exactly" tends to draw your attention to the blemish and, to me at least, looks worse than the untreated scratch.
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06-05-20, 08:29 AM
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Why not completely repaint the handlebars a similar color?
06-05-20, 10:41 AM
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Seems like more work than its probably worth, I was just hoping someone had already done the touchup with the same color to see what color combination they found so I could minimize my trial and error.
Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone
Thanks for all the suggestions so far everyone
