WAZZUBIKER

Hello everyone,

I just recently picked up a 1986 Centurion Ironman Expert. It has a red and white paint job just like the one also featured in another thread here recently. When I got the bike it had some chipped paint on the fork which is red. Has anyone found a good touchup paint that matches this red color? Thanks for any help.

WAZZUBIKER

Here is a photo I snapped. Any help would be great.

RobbieTunes

Beautiful. Be sure to post it in the Centurion thread...and it's a 1987. In 1986, there were no Masters or Experts.

A larger auto parts store may have Duplicolor paint charts, or an automotive paint supplier. You could also go to a hobby shop, find the closest little bottle of Testor's model paint. If it's close, you can either use it or get the pantone number off of it, and then go back to the automotive paint supplier, they can mix you a spray can of that pantone number.

wrk101

+1 I use Testors model enamel. You can find it at Hobby Lobby, etc. The trick is to buy several colors, then use an old soda bottle cap and mix your own to match. Pick an inconspicuous spot first. Works great!

WAZZUBIKER

Hey thanks. I'll stop by the hobby store on the way home.

AerobaticDreams

I recently had to touch up my Centurion Lemans RS, which is the same color red. I got Testor's Model Enamels (Red, White and Black). Starting with the Red, I mixed in drops of Black to darken the paint slightly to match. I shot it onto the frame with an airbrush, which took a fair amount of time to get the correct coverage (but the color was perfect and unable to be spotted). The only problem came a day later when the frame got moved and part of the painted area got rubbed against something...taking the paint off. I repainted it, and now a number of weeks later the paint is completly dry and perfect. It cost like 5 dollars to do the touch-up.

Fred Smedley

Wally world auto touch up paint is enamel, so is your bike. Auto paint store will have enamel clear in fizz bombs , wet sand with 600 when done and apply clear over everything.

Panthers007

I prefer lilting into my local beauty-salon and finding fingernail-polish to match, or mix to match, a project I'm working on. The benefits of fingernail-paint is that if you make a mistake, you can easily remove it with a cloth and acetone. Another benefit is women are wild for paint, so there is a huge selection of colors available. And as long as you don't get rained on by acetone, the paint is very sturdy and stays put.

lsrose

I need to get mixing some Testors enamels to touch up my Ironman frame. Any ideas on how to fix some of the yellowing or just aging of the white paint? Ive heard buffer balls can do some amazing things but do they do much on the bright whites?