Touch-up paint on a carbon frame?
01-22-12, 01:58 PM
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Touch-up paint on a carbon frame?
Hi
Do you guys use touch-up paint on your carbon frames or leave as it?
I would need to get colours bright red and white.
Do you buy paint from the manufacturer or some other source?
Do you guys use touch-up paint on your carbon frames or leave as it?
I would need to get colours bright red and white.
Do you buy paint from the manufacturer or some other source?
01-22-12, 02:31 PM
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I am a sissy according to megaopinion.
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I'm told you're supposed to cover up the scratches if they're deep. Otherwise the UV gets in and makes your bike explode. Without warning. Catastrophic failure! Alarmist phrase!
01-22-12, 03:10 PM
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I do it purely for aesthetics w/o regard to catastrophic failure. 
01-23-12, 07:49 AM
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Try nail polish
01-23-12, 09:25 AM
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I think I'm just going to leave it alone.
Moving on!
I think I'm just going to leave it alone.
Moving on!
01-23-12, 09:31 AM
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If you decide again to do a touchup on the paint, whatever you use will leave a blob on the service. If you are a as bad as you claim about the looks of your bike, you may want to try a product call Langka. I use it on the custom paint on my show car and it actually does what they claim. And it isn't an expensive product and won't hurt the carbon fiber material.
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If you decide again to do a touchup on the paint, whatever you use will leave a blob on the service. If you are a as bad as you claim about the looks of your bike, you may want to try a product call Langka. I use it on the custom paint on my show car and it actually does what they claim. And it isn't an expensive product and won't hurt the carbon fiber material.
01-23-12, 10:10 AM
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I have used nail polish in the past.
The last time I did it, I used clear nail polish - when removing the bottom bracken, a large chunk of paint was pulled off. I used the nail polish just to protect the area and to keep any more paint from chipping off.
The last time I did it, I used clear nail polish - when removing the bottom bracken, a large chunk of paint was pulled off. I used the nail polish just to protect the area and to keep any more paint from chipping off.
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In the end, I touched up the frame in the three areas using nail polish (2 coats) and it looks great, can't even tell.
02-01-12, 10:08 PM
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Cannondale makes touch up paint I believe. Find some with the same color and give it a try. Things like this bug me too, sucks being OCD sometimes.
