Originally Posted by
island rider
if I go DIY, do I use nail polish, model paint or something else (I understand Cervelo doesn't make touch up paint).
Third - is there a consensus on the best way to try to do this, particularly the clearcoat?
3 possible, convenient options are nail polish, model paint, or car touch up paint. All 3 are easy to get ahold of. Also, all 3 have clear coat options. Please make sure you use the clear coat for what ever you used for color (i.e. don't put car touch up clear coat on top of your color model paint).
Nail polish may be the cheapest, but is probably the least durable, even with clearcoat. Model paint is probably tougher, but the car touch up paint is going to be the toughest, though slightly more expensive (~$3 for a small bottle). Of course, with the car touch up paint, though there are many colors to choose from, there aren't going to be as many as with the other two options.