Paint work fade

[devlin86]

While not extremely important, or maybe even placed correctly, i am wondering if anybody knows of a good place to get paint matched?

I have Nissan blue on my bike, and it seems that its begining to fade in a place or 2, i have T cut it, but seem to have a couple of areas that could come up a little better.

Regards Rich

i know its a commuter, i just like it to look its best'

[norfolknchance]

Any auto paint shop
will have a colour chart for you to match it too

ive just done Hubs tank & panels with an almost perfect match............age is the problem

[McF]

Halfords have a good service, but you need the code for them to mix;
I don't think they can match a colour sample.

B&Q used to advertise a service of matching a colour to anything, but I don't know if that was only for household gloss and emulsion.

My father recently had a panel resprayed on his old freelander (much weathered and farm used), light green metallic (an awkward colour I'm told). The guy who did it had a mobile service and made a colour match which was pretty good.

If you want to do the job yourself and you know the code, it's worth getting a can ready made up (if you can find it), or get Halfords to mix a batch for you. I'd then suggest respraying the whole panel / tank to get an even finish. It shouldn't contrast too much with the adjacent panels.

I'm assuming that as you have a non Honda colour, you're not sporting NTV decals?
Therefore, it might be worth getting enough paint to do all of the panels, tank and front mudguard for a nice "spring clean".
For less than £10 you could even apply some Honda Wings on the tank
bikegraphics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1601
and for a really smart and lasting job, top it all of with a coat of lacquer.

[McF]

Mar 9, 2010 19:18:27 GMT 1 norfolknchance said:

age is the problem

Of the paintwork, or the person doing the spraying

[Jaz66]

Just what i was thinking... ;D ;D ;D

[norfolknchance]

age of paint
you can match up the paint with original colour but as it fades it changes colour

even with the same paint it will look different