Good luck finding that color! I recently acquired a Miyaya SixTen Grand Touring model with dark metallic blue paint, and did a little experimentation using 2 colors of Testors (white and dark blue) and a tiny bottle of some extra-thin-bodied silver-metallic (just the metal in solvent!) that the bike shop threw out. This bottle carries no branding, just a warning about it's xylene content. The bottle size is about 5/8 dia and 1-1/2" hi, if that helps. Mixing the 3 colors in super-small quantities in a tiny 1/4" plastic cap, measuring the # of drops of each, I started with the smallest blemishes and applied with a toothpick only to the chipped area (no overlap to the surrounding paint). After the first couple of tries and getting the bike outside in natural light, I noted color discrepancies and fine-tuned the color for a couple of more blemishes. After a few tries, I have come close to the visual properties of the original finish and gone over all the numerous blemishes on frame and fork. It looks pretty good now.
Now practiced, I followed up with the chips and scratches in the silver and "mink blue" paints on my Raleigh Professional. I was able to get excellent results with the same 3 bottles, again keeping the repair minimized by allowing a tiny, tiny drop of paint to spread across each void without going over the edges. The paint really cooperates here if you give it a chance. No brush needed, the paint flows out smooth as glass.
Lastly, I touched up my medium-candy-blue Viscount and people have since asked if I had it repainted. I also filled in the bolt heads of it's 3-pin, 1st-gen polished Maxi crank and that really stands out.
David Snyder
Auburn, CA USA
>I have a 1983 Peugeot PFN-10. It's had some minor dings all over the
>frame
> (I didn't put them there!) and I need to touch it up. The color is
> metallic
> medium-dark blue. Anyone have a resource or the paint itself for sale??
>
> Samuel Pierce-Ruhland
> Racine, WI