Originally Posted by slopvehicle
I'll also add that while Duplicolor is nice, the colors are totally boring. Think about it: bikes are usually more colorful than the average factory-painted car. Duplicolor is made to touch up cars...so it follows that it's boring. Beige with a little sparkle? They've got five different shades. The color of blue you'd expect to see used on a "country" themed interior wall that boasts goose-shaped stencils with little bows tied to their necks? I bet you love that color blue, and I bet your mom owns a minivan in that same damn color.
Painter's Touch (available at many hardware stores, home despot, etc) has decently cool colors and works fine if you're patient.
I respectfully disagree
Although most colors are kind of boring. These metal speck ones are awesome. Two days since spraying and it's rock solid so far.
Dupli-color doesn't scratch but it chips, still. So you can either touch-up the chips or maybe have it sprayed with a clear at an autobody shop. I don't know if they have any clear that's compatible. I have to read more.
So far I've only chipped one area, really small, after hitting a metal office seat with my bike. A little touch-up was fine.
I should also mention that drops are gonna chip off no matter what. So just look at how pretty they are until you're ready to bolt on a wheel.