Model paint is a good general recommendation for
touchup jobs, as it comes in a billion shades of
whatever color you want and is mixed to be used in
small spots with a brush--what most of us paint
laypeople will do for touchup.
David Feldman
Vancouver, WA
> Here's my brake cable guide touchup method. Try it
> if it sounds good to
> you..
>
> I have three brake cable guides on the top tube of
> my 83 California Masi. (
> The bare derailler cables go under the bottom
> bracket as expected for this
> bike. I wondered about this arrangement too when I
> first saw it.)
>
> When I replaced the rear brake cable housing I touch
> up all three guides for
> looks and to avoid rust (none yet).I use a matching
> Testors yellow enamel
> (do not use there acrylics) paint filled marker for
> this.All the Hobby
> stores sell these. I use this only for the
> guides-the match is near perfect
> or looks so on the vertical guides as they stand up.
> But this is not for the
> rest of the body; just the guides. It leaves no
> brush stroke marks and the
> felt tip gets inside the coils of the guides
> beautifully.Forget the clear
> coat -it's shiny and matches-you will do this again
> some day.Testors rule,
> and I called the company on this, is "all the coats
> you want within 3
> hours". Then you must wait 48-72 hrs for a full cure
> and the three hour rule
> starts over if you want to do any more. If there is
> paint residue on the
> cable housing when you feed it back through the
> guides, don't be
> alarmed,it's a tight fit. (Hopefully you have not
> coated the inner surface
> of the guide coils to heavily). Just use Oopps,
> rinse with water (smells
> awfull). After 72 hours I went for my ride.
>
> Now I don't know if the original bike paint is Imron
> or Dupont PPG or what?
> (If you know please let me know.I am curious)-But
> it sure has held up well
> after so many years.
>
> I do like seeing the brake cable housing on my top
> tube- just seems more
> honest and charming than hiding cables in the tube
> as if they didn't exist.
> You can see what's going on- I mean the simple
> mechanics are obvious..Oh yes
> the amount of loop in the back ocurred to me before
> seeing these posts. I
> saw pics illustrating proper loop size on the net
> once. Big loop- prettier
> IMHO but I went for the moderate and efficient. I do
> like lots of cable
> above my bars-I can raise them all I want. Has
> anyone seen those old cable
> clips that were popular in the 70's to tie your
> cables together in front of
> the handlebars and thereby avoid road hypnosis?
>
> Mark Cutufelli in
> Laurel, MD
>
>
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