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You’re going to repaint? Or polish it up? Looks to be in great shape. Or do you just want another color?
It’s pretty chipped up, but I know I can’t duplicate the decals so polishing it has some appeal. I’d need to touch up the paint at the very least. Anybody have paint codes or know what the modern equivalent is?
You’re gonna laugh, but I took different frames I had into the store and matched finger nail polish for small chips. I’ve also used automotive touch up paint and brought the frame in to compare. Fine sand after the touch up to level the paint, polish it with Meguiars Scratch X 2.0 wipe with isopropyl alcohol then tape and clear coat. I’ve used a hole punch in painter’s tape for real small spots. Remove the tape immediately after spraying to minimize the edge then wait for it to dry and use meguiar’s Scratch X 2.0 clear coat polish to polish away the paint/clear edge from the surrounding paint. Then wax. Just take your time and don’t rush. Here’s my Project Underground I did major touch up to the rer seat stays and bottom bracket. Everything from the seat post back on the seat stays was painted and clear coated.
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