| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
My wife's brand new Trek 1200 fell the other day (she wasn't on
it thankfully). The cross tube sustained some minor chips when
it met the pavement. Only the finish was chipped, not the black
paint.
What compound(s) make up the finish (epoxy, acrylic??), and is it
easily repaired??
Thanks,
ricb
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1750.1 | Touch-Up Paint | EAGLE1::CAMILLI | Tue Oct 02 1990 16:42 | 4 | |
I was able to buy touch-up paint for my Fuji at a dealer... (Little bottles with brushes in the caps just like car touch-up paint.) Maybe Trek offers the same. | |||||
| 1750.2 | hitech or notech - my motto! | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Tue Oct 02 1990 18:20 | 8 |
Whew... I was about to suggest Plastic Wood and Rustoleum.
For the type of riding I do, only the strongest space-age
polymers and resins will do -- crash just once when the
drogue chute doesn't deploy, and believe me, you have some
patch work to take care of!
-john
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| 1750.3 | Yes, Trek sells touch-up paint | LEVERS::GULICK | Wed Oct 03 1990 09:37 | 8 | |
Yes, Trek does sell little bottles of touch-up paint. I have gotten them at Lincoln Guide Service but I would hope that any Trek dealer would have them as well. Be forewarned, the color may not be an exact match to your frame due to random factors like weathering, etc... Good luck, -tom | |||||