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Old 01-06-13 | 12:30 PM
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DIMcyclist
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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
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