| verktyg |
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| Joined: 14 Jan 2007 |
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| Location: SF Bay Area |
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Bill,
....and everyone else:
Testors has 1/4 oz. bottles of enamel for models that you can find at most hobby and craft stores.
http://www.testors.com/catalog_browse.asp?ictNbr=33
You can also find automotive touchup paint in small containers with a built in brush. These are available at many auto parts stores. Duplicolor is one manufacturer of these products.
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/scratchfix2in1.html
Gitane used "candy apple" paint (transparent colored lacquers) for a lot of their bike colors: Red, blue, turquoise, gold, green, purple, brown, copper and so on.
These can be hard to match up. You may have to mix some colors to get close. Also, some colors will get lighter or darker as they dry. Practice on an area that's not noticeable. The idea in touching up is to camouflage the damage not restore it to perfection. If it's done well no one will notice the damage at 5 feet. Also, too little is less noticeable than too much in most cases.
Most recently I took one of my frames into an auto parts store to find some matching touch up paint. I got some strange looks from the clerks but I found a matching color.
Many of the scratches and chips on your bike may have come damage that occurred in the shipping box. Gitane and most of the other French bike makers were notorious for the poor way in which that packed their bikes for shipment. We had 4 oz. cans of all of the Gitane colors for touch up on new bikes. They provided these free of charge along with the foil decals used on the lower priced bikes. 
Chas. |
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