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Matching paint on my S5

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I have a few scratches on the frame of my S5 and after looking around it appears that Cervelo ops to use their own proprietary paint formulations in lieu of something like an automotive manufacturer paint code and doesn’t sell touch up paint or offer assistance with finding a match. Any suggestions on what I should do here?
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Most auto body shops can paint match what ever you have on the bike. The difficulty might be that the device they use usually requires a flat surface to read. Paint will fade over time, so depending on the age of the bike and the six of the area to touch up you might have to get something that will match the fade.
Most auto body shops can paint match what ever you have on the bike. The difficulty might be that the device they use usually requires a flat surface to read. Paint will fade over time, so depending on the age of the bike and the six of the area to touch up you might have to get something that will match the fade.
Thanks for the reply. I’ll spend some time looking into a reputable automotive body shop.
Take your bike into walmart to the fingernail polish isle and pick one. Your bike may not even be painted, a lot of bikes the color is added to the CF and then it is clear coated with gloss or flat finish.
Take your bike into walmart to the fingernail polish isle and pick one. Your bike may not even be painted, a lot of bikes the color is added to the CF and then it is clear coated with gloss or flat finish.
It’s definitely painted. Cervelo confirmed as much but provided little else by way of support. Sounds like the only option is an automotive body shop.
Well, it's a bike, a few scratches are badges of honor.
It's going to be expensive to get an autobody shop to match and mix up a batch of paint. They probably wouldn't do less than a quart.

I'd see if a body shop would use their spectrophotometer to find you the closest Auto OEM paint code. Pay them a few dollars. Then go to an online shop where you can buy paint touch up pens in that Auto color. With all the paint colors through history you should find something close. It'll never match perfect (even if you had an exact color match). The sheen will never be the same unless you sand it, spray it, blend it, buff it, clear coat it.


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