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Title: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on April 30, 2010, 06:44 PM: right chaps ive got a set of dx`s that i want to do in gold, but want it a close colour match to the original DX GOLD colour, has anybody done any?

cheers :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: sid1972 on April 30, 2010, 06:46 PM: someone is selling some gold dx hubs that have been painted and the colour looks good to me ;)
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: meticulous on April 30, 2010, 07:15 PM: i have some gold candy laquar thats very near, but its very glossy, the original DX's where painted in a satin finish, apparently B+Q do a aerosol that looks very close... :)
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on April 30, 2010, 07:16 PM: Quote from: meticulous on April 30, 2010, 07:15 PM
i have some gold candy laquar thats very near, but its very glossy, the original DX's where painted in a satin finish, apparently B+Q do a aerosol that looks very close... :)

sam do you know what make it is? or does b&q have difrrent shades?
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: meticulous on April 30, 2010, 07:23 PM: sorry i dont, its glass paint, so i suppose its best to just go in B+Q and ask....
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: HUTCHMAN on April 30, 2010, 07:34 PM: Quote from: meticulous on April 30, 2010, 07:15 PM
i have some gold candy laquar thats very near, but its very glossy, the original DX's where painted in a satin finish, apparently B+Q do a aerosol that looks very close... :)

Sam,is it the gold you did the hubs in(the black Araya 1.5 wheels i bought from you?)... if it was,as Sam says,very glossy,but a damn good colour.
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on April 30, 2010, 10:47 PM: il check out b&q tommorow, im sure there was a thread about the glass paint somewere on here
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: hunterdubber on April 30, 2010, 11:01 PM: I've got some gold DX too wouldn't mind finding a match to re spray them

Just glass painted a set in blue too, thought they ended up looking like victors :crazy2:

,,, really spoiled them imho,,, nitromorsing them again this weekend :(
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: meticulous on May 01, 2010, 08:04 AM: Quote from: HUTCHMAN on April 30, 2010, 07:34 PM
Quote from: meticulous on April 30, 2010, 07:15 PM
i have some gold candy laquar thats very near, but its very glossy, the original DX's where painted in a satin finish, apparently B+Q do a aerosol that looks very close... :)

Sam,is it the gold you did the hubs in(the black Araya 1.5 wheels i bought from you?)... if it was,as Sam says,very glossy,but a damn good colour.
yep! thats the colour!!!!

if in doubt, just spray them satin black steve, it looks bang on with the original finish....
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on May 01, 2010, 07:22 PM: anyone else?
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on May 01, 2010, 09:15 PM: tamiya ts paint
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on May 02, 2010, 02:21 AM: Quote from: QUADROPHENIA on May 01, 2010, 09:15 PM

tamiya ts paint

never heard of it pete!!! or is it a wind up
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on May 02, 2010, 07:19 AM: rich did some in blue tamiya ts paint and came out the nuts
Title: Re: DX Pedal GOLD colour help
Post by: GTnumber1 on May 02, 2010, 10:57 PM: STILL LOOKIG FOR THE GOLD COLOUR PLEASE