CAAD10 paint chips

[ajmit3]

Hi guys,

Can anyone give me any suggestions as to what to do about these paint chips - caused mainly by a loose rear skewer. The skewer came loose and then my chain cassette ripped the paint off.
I know its cosmetic, but I really love this bike and want it to look good still...

[btompkins0112]

Get it repainted.....

[budgetweenie]

Touch them up with orange nail polish!

[Leviathan]

...I cant work out if youre joking, colourblind, or my monitor has broken again!

[thisisatest]

Paint pens. I have to see which brand I have that is the close match. It's either Decocolor or Sharpie oil-based.

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[ajmit3]

Thanks thisatest,

I would really appreciate it ... I know I am a bit precious, but we all love our bikes ha ha.

[prendrefeu]

It's hard to tell, but if those are 'green' tinted spots showing through the black paint that just indicates to me that there's a damn lot of paint on your frame.
We're looking at, in order from the frame up:
-primer (thick coat, apparently)
-green (thick coat)
-Black (thick coat on top of the green)

This might be shocking... but how about stripping it all off, polishing the frame or having it taken for a brush finish, then seal it?
Save a lot of weight, minimize worry about the frame's paint chipping.

You might think I'm joking, but I am not.

[ajmit3]

Ha ha Prendrefeu... Unfortunately I haven't won the lotto as of yet... Might be a good project though when I have the $$... I chose this frame specifically for the paint, I love the Berserker Green on it. I might treat it to a PM next and then maybe some 303/404s again when my budget permits...

[Beancouter]

Are you based in the UK? If so, try OOEY Custom. They reprinted my Evo and also refinished my CAAD10 - their work is stunning!

[Beancouter]

REPAINTED not reprinted!

[ajmit3]

The Decocolor in the light green looks very like the berserker green on the bike...

http://ozgraff.com/product.php?id_product=814

[headwind816]

I plan to purchase this touch up paint for my Berserker Green CAAD10

http://www.amazon.com/Mustang-Genuine-F ... B00BQZZDW8

[ajmit3]

Thanks for the info headwind.. ps I'm interested in buying the i42 cane creek spacer cap to get my position lower... I'm in Aus if you can be bothered posting ?

[dongo]

I was looking for the same color touch up for my SuperSix - "Bezerker Green." I emailed Cannondale and they told me that they don't sell touch up paint anymore but said: "We suggest using Dupli-Color® Scratch Fix All-in-1. They make a wide variety of colors and are easy to apply. Most Auto parts stores will have a wide range of colors available." Turns out this stuff comes in a lot of greens and so I pressed them on the exact color, they came back and said: "It is the same bright lime green used on some of the Dodge Charger/Challangers."

That shade of green is not available in the Dupli-Color, but after a little research I found out that the Dodge green is called "sublime" and there's a place called AutomoticeTouchUp dot com that sells it in small bottles or pens and it worked great.

Good luck.

[Valbrona]

What a **** bicycle company that can't manage to supply its consumers with a little pot of 'Cannondale green' touch up paint. Pathetic.