Don't get your hopes up! I have found that most the the paint matching devices need a 3" x 3" flat surface to analyze. So unless you are restoring a Raleigh DL-1 with a full oil bath chaincase it may not work!
Good luck in any case, Paul Raley Leonardtown MD
Dwhitney@sheridancorp.com wrote:
>I've struggled with paint touch-up on my silver '74 Motobecane Grand Record
>and now a white '74 Raleigh Grand Prix. I was directed by a friend who owns
>a '71 Citroen 2CV to an auto parts store who will come outside with a
>machine that matches the paint on the actual car - much like the matching
>system at Home Depot where you bring in a color sample, and they come up
>with a paint code. My intent is to bring the frame into the store and have
>the paint matched. I'll buy a can and try an airbrush touch-up. It worked
>famously for my friend's 2CV. (He's on topic in that he carries a pair 60's
>Raleighs on the roof of his funky old car).
>
>Dave Whitney
>Portland, Maine
>
>
>Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 16:44:08 -0500
>From: "Steve Neago" <questor@cinci.rr.com>
>To: <Philcycles@aol.com>
>Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Paint Touch-up suggestions
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>Another suggestion would to be to go to an auto paint store and look at
>enamel paint color chips in the SUN. This will help you to get a closer
>match. Phil is correct, whites and blacks can be among the hardest to match
>in large or small areas. Keep in mind that you probably want a spray can to
>work in a area, but you should carefully practice upon another frame first!
>Spray cans may be cheap but they can splatter and overspray paint easily...
>
>I own paint color chip books from Dupont Imron and enamel, House of Kolor
>urethanes , and PPG enamels (not cheap to buy!). To use these paints, I use
>a 7hp air compressor with a 20 gal tank and a 1/2 hp Paasche compressor for
>small jobs with an HVLP spray gun and a variety of Paasche airbrushes.
>Needless to say, I am still developing my style, but this only comes with
>practice and warmer temperatures.
>
>Hey Brian B. ! How about a painting seminar for frames! A lot of people
>would be interested...
>
>Regards, Steve Neago
>Cincinnati, OH
>
>"Hard to believe today is sunny and 78 deg F !"
>
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