Touch up paint for a white Boardman

[ShipHill]

I hope someone can help out on this one.

I'm riding my white Boardman hybrid down a lane the other day and hit a nasty piece of rusty metal bar in the road. It clattered round the back wheel and chipped off a wee bit of paint from the seat stay down to the metal.

Anyone got a good suggestion for the best paint to touch it up with?

Thanks

 

[simon the viking]

If you take it to a paint supplier they will have colour charts that you can match up. Small pot with a brush will be about 10 - 15 (larger Halfords mix paint as well.) or you could wheel it into any car spares shop and go through the paint sticks. but this is a bit hit and miss as tops are for guidance only

 

[Hacienda71]

You could go to Boots and see if they have a matching nail varnish. Might be worth saying why you need it or you could get some funny looks.

 

[ushills]

I went to halfords looked through their touch up pens and found one close enough. For small chips you are not likely to notice a slight colour difference.

 

[ShipHill]

I'll have a look in the model shop in town this weekend.

Cheers guys.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I went to halfords looked through their touch up pens and found one close enough. For small chips you are not likely to notice a slight colour difference.

This^^^^

Dead easy - my local Halfords let me grab a great big handful of white paint sticks and take them out of the store so I could get a good colour match in the sunlight.

Well done Halfords Kendal!

Not sure same level of trust will be found nationwide!

 

[jamin100]

Presumably this would work with grey too?

Put a nasty scratch down my top tube when I leant the bike up a wall

Won't be doing that again

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Presumably this would work with grey too?

Put a nasty scratch down my top tube when I leant the bike up a wall

Won't be doing that again

I think it could maybe work with most colours......

 

[Christopher]

[QUOTE 2609309, member: 45"]The best stuff to use is the little tins of enamel you get from model shops. It's much tougher than Halfords paint or nail varnish.[/quote]
It is but takes a while to dry. Only use a tiny amount as it also tends to bead at the bottom of the patch

 

[ShipHill]

I got a wee bottle of white nail varnish for 50p off the market and dabbed it on today. Let's see how long it lasts.