Touch up paint
Touch up paint
Hi can anyone help me, wanting to find some touch up paint for this parkway folding bike. Looks like metallic greyish silver?
Many thanks
Many thanks
Re: Touch up paint
Your best bet is taking it to your local accessory shop for a tin of Holts.
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Re: Touch up paint
Some body shops have a machine that will colour match, there is one in the next town that also does car body panels for accident damage cars.
Re: Touch up paint
Ok thank you, Went to Halfords and they had no clue. Yes will try a body paint garage instead. Thank you.
Re: Touch up paint
I've had success variously with Halfords touch-up paint and Humbrol and similar modelling enamels. But for a silver bike like that, Halfords will have about 100 possibles and you have to guess which will match!
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Re: Touch up paint
Or order a tin of Hammerite smooth off of Amazon...
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(on the look out for Armageddon, on board a Brompton nano & ever-changing Moultons)
Re: Touch up paint
Ok thanks, yes thought they may have some, was surprised when they said they couldn’t help. Thanks for the suggestions. The pictures are not a true reflection is like a metallic dark grey which gives off a blue colour shine.
Re: Touch up paint
I tried this at my nearest colour match place - apparently the machine needs to read off a flat area, so no good for round tubes, but you might get away with it.
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Re: Touch up paint
Good luck finding an exact match, I've never managed it, even using the same manufacture's paint, it's weathered differently, or there's been a batch difference, but usually I've just not found a match, whatever it looks like on the tin. IMO a slight mismatch stands out more than a complete contrast, hiding in plain sight.
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Re: Touch up paint
Look out for cars that are a close match then buy the touch up.
Re: Touch up paint (solved)
Hi thank you all for your suggestions I visited a car body paint garage and they have given me the closest match which is a Toyota 8S5 greyish blue and gave me a pot to try. I have tried it and it’s the closest to the colour and great colour for filling in the chips etc.
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Re: Touch up paint
Well done.
Glad your issue solved easily.
Glad your issue solved easily.