Originally Posted by
zukahn1
+1 I have touched up several bikes using nail polish you may look a little strange but go to a discount beauty supply store and you can find paint in almost any color cheap if you don't need a lot. I touched up the paint on this clunker for $5 and sold it for $200.
I had to do that to match the pearl, the silver flake, on my Soma; Soma recommended Testor's brand silver hobby paint, but pearl-grain was too fine. I had to blend it with kind of a gaudy silver nail polish to get it to look right.
That was before I discovered these guys:
http://www.hiroboy.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1250