I must say this is a profounding depressing subject.
About three weeks ago, my longstanding, super, super cycle shop repair guy who takes the most meticulous care of my machines to the extent of wrapping the frame with foam when they come to shop managed to get a swath of tape on the backside of the headtube of my otherwise near NOS 1985 Masi 3v and, yep, you guessed it.. when it was removed, it took with it a swath of the paint! Just jawdroppingly depressing. It's really too large a bit to "touch-up" with nail varnish or brush methods.
Does anyone have a recent and positive experience with any frame painter when it comes to touching up issues like this? I could, of course, just have the frame repainted but I hate to do that as the rest is in such fine original condition. And yes, alas, it's that very fragile pearly orange-red of the early 3vs. The kind that mere scotch tape can and will rip off a frame in one fell swoop....
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA