Touchup paint for 1987 Trek 560
02-10-15, 02:21 PM
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Touchup paint for 1987 Trek 560
For those who own the aqua Trek 560 bike and have had to touch up the frame paint, can you tell me which touch up paint you've been able to find that matches the original aqua paint? Is there for example any Dupli-color touchup paint that would work? Thanks.
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02-10-15, 11:03 PM
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I have the same bike. I could not find paint anywhere. So I mixed my own. Testers Enamel - not the acrylic. a blue, a green about a 50/50 mix and a drop or 2 of yellow. Remember is changes color as it dries. So dont go with how the wet color looks. Paint a stick with the same color primer that you'll use. The Duplicolor touch up primer from the auto parts store works well - then paint a stripe on your primed stick, let it dry and compare to the bike. ad a drop or 2 of the yellow or blue to lighter or darken your paint.
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