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Title: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 03:59 PM
Has anybody done this? ???

I have a set of black Tech 3s and some pedals that need a bit of a touch up due to minor scratches. If I'm honest, they aren't noticeable enough, but it's bothering me enough to ask the question, and I can't be bothered with the expense or messing about getting them reworked. ::)

Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Sid1972 on March 06, 2013, 04:02 PM
Just get a black paint pen....  ;)
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 04:05 PM
Good shout Sid, I was gonna raid Mrs J's make up 'n sh!t, init. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: That Swan Guy on March 06, 2013, 05:08 PM
I have done it with my Candy Red Performer.
When I got it the wheel nut had scratched the down tube and torn the decal.
A quick touch up with Boots' finest add another decal and hey presto.


However,  I did look a cnut walking round the Liskeard branch of Boots with a set of Performer handlebars trying to colour match them :crazy2:
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 05:11 PM
Haha, I did the same walking around B&Q with my Performer forks last year. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: 80s bmx on March 06, 2013, 05:16 PM
They don't sell nail varnish in B&Q do they ?
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 05:21 PM
They don't sell nail varnish in B&Q do they ?

It was for the paint colour match chart thingys they do, before I had a RAL chart. ::)
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: chubby on March 06, 2013, 07:04 PM
I've raided Mrs chubbs nail varnish for blue & red anno stuff n it's worked a treat. on black I've just used a touch up stick  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: glenboy on March 06, 2013, 08:16 PM
yeh do it dan then you caN DO THIS

Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Badbaldie on March 06, 2013, 09:21 PM
Has anybody done this? ???

I have a set of black Tech 3s and some pedals that need a bit of a touch up due to minor scratches. If I'm honest, they aren't noticeable enough, but it's bothering me enough to ask the question, and I can't be bothered with the expense or messing about getting them reworked. ::)



Dan if you had thought  about this 12 months ago you could have touched up that street beat  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 09:28 PM
Unbelievably, none of the orange paint on that was harmed, not even a chip. However, the EZ bars, proper DC Tech 3s and A'me's were ruined. :LolLolLolLol:

Even more unbelievable, is that 3 days before the StreetBeat went bouncing around 2 lanes of bypass, I was taking my DP with newly rechromed ladder bars, now that would have made me cry. ;)
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: oldschoolace on March 06, 2013, 09:38 PM
Used to use nail varnish to repair chips on my stage guitar. Mahogany sunbust les paul. Seemed to be easiest to get the right shades of dark brown. Leave it a week or so and it t-cuts lovely  :daumenhoch:

Would deffo consider using it on brakes etc, especially to tidy up a daily rider.  :)
Title: Re: Touching Up With Nail Varnish.
Post by: Retrodan72 on March 06, 2013, 09:40 PM
Used to use nail varnish to repair chips on my stage guitar. Mahogany sunbust les paul. Seemed to be easiest to get the right shades of dark brown. Leave it a week or so and it t-cuts lovely  :daumenhoch:

Would deffo consider using it on brakes etc, especially to tidy up a daily rider.  :)

Cheers Clint. :daumenhoch:
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