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I'm completely restoring a Pinarello Stelvia. As many of you are aware, Pinarello etches their name in the fork. The fork is fully chromed but I would like to fill that etched area with paint.
I seem to remember that there was something like a crayon that you would rub over the area, fill the etches and after drying you could polish it off of the non-etched area. Does anyone remember that? Or do I have to spend hours painting in those letters careful to avoid getting the paint onto the fork head? |
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On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 8:15:58 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/16/2017 8:50 AM, wrote: I'm completely restoring a Pinarello Stelvia. As many of you are aware, Pinarello etches their name in the fork. The fork is fully chromed but I would like to fill that etched area with paint. I seem to remember that there was something like a crayon that you would rub over the area, fill the etches and after drying you could polish it off of the non-etched area. Does anyone remember that? Or do I have to spend hours painting in those letters careful to avoid getting the paint onto the fork head? Two different things. A 'paint stick' is a sort of crayon one smooshes down into a ding and then buff the next day. The Schwinn ones in the 1960s were perfect color match but otherwise not so hot. What you want for filling pantographs is a paint pen: https://www.uchidayoko.com/marvy/pro...paint-markers/ cheap at any art supply. Clean area well with alcohol, fill and if needed wipe up your oopsies with a finger: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/cin17l.jpg Fabric makes rough edges, a clean finger works best. Well, that's the idea. I'll try the local art store. |
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On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 9:50:11 AM UTC-4, wrote:
I'm completely restoring a Pinarello Stelvia. As many of you are aware, Pinarello etches their name in the fork. The fork is fully chromed but I would like to fill that etched area with paint. I seem to remember that there was something like a crayon that you would rub over the area, fill the etches and after drying you could polish it off of the non-etched area. Does anyone remember that? Or do I have to spend hours painting in those letters careful to avoid getting the paint onto the fork head? I used to do engraving. To fil in letters or other things we would fill the engraved area with wet paint, allowthat paint to dry toa point where papr did not stick to it, and then either wipe off any excess with a DAMP thinner soaked cloth, or buy carefullt scrappinf off any ecess paint with a soft piece of somewhat rigid plastic. Whatever method you decide to use you can practice with it first. Believe it or not, what you want to do is not really hard to do. Cheers |
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On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:12:47 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 8/16/2017 9:50 AM, wrote: I'm completely restoring a Pinarello Stelvia. As many of you are aware, Pinarello etches their name in the fork. The fork is fully chromed but I would like to fill that etched area with paint. I seem to remember that there was something like a crayon that you would rub over the area, fill the etches and after drying you could polish it off of the non-etched area. Does anyone remember that? Or do I have to spend hours painting in those letters careful to avoid getting the paint onto the fork head? I've heard of people wiping a super light coating of Vaseline over the places where you don't want the paint to stick, then wiping the area off after the paint hardens a bit. I haven't tried it, though. Earl Scheib, who used to advertise ""I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $19.95. No ups, no extras." did exactly that, used grease for masking. Quick to apply and quick to remove. -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 8:15:58 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/16/2017 8:50 AM, wrote: I'm completely restoring a Pinarello Stelvia. As many of you are aware, Pinarello etches their name in the fork. The fork is fully chromed but I would like to fill that etched area with paint. I seem to remember that there was something like a crayon that you would rub over the area, fill the etches and after drying you could polish it off of the non-etched area. Does anyone remember that? Or do I have to spend hours painting in those letters careful to avoid getting the paint onto the fork head? Two different things. A 'paint stick' is a sort of crayon one smooshes down into a ding and then buff the next day. The Schwinn ones in the 1960s were perfect color match but otherwise not so hot. What you want for filling pantographs is a paint pen: https://www.uchidayoko.com/marvy/pro...paint-markers/ cheap at any art supply. Clean area well with alcohol, fill and if needed wipe up your oopsies with a finger: http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...ast/cin17l.jpg Fabric makes rough edges, a clean finger works best. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Andrew - I picked up a fine tipped paint pen and it worked absolutely perfectly. Thanks for the tip. There is this absolutely rediculous etching on the top tube of Pinarello's that is peculiar to each model. The Stelvio is a climbing bike and they have this triangle that apparently has something to do with the Stelvio climb. If the powder coat hasn't completely filled that in I'll have to try working that up as well. |
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