color match

hey andrew. responding as requested.

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A Muzi wrote:
jim beam wrote:

anyone ever mixed paint to aproximate for bianchi's celeste color?
need to do some touchup work. doesn't need to be exact.


I wrote you but your email has changed. Write me please.

The stuff they sell online at bianchiusa.com is brighter and slightly
bluer than what's on my bike, which is from the late 80s. There was a
greyish quality to the older Celeste that this doesn't have. Not too
far off but noticeable. The thing is, the current Celeste is
clearcoated with a slight bluish tint, so if you have an older Celeste
just get some clear clearcoat or just bag the clearcoat step. The
paint they sell is really high quality though; I bought a new set of
forks for my Bianchi MTB and they looked stupid in black so I sprayed
'em. Went on really smoothly even though I'm a hack painter.

Actually I think the new color is probably better since some of the old
Celeste models are about the color of one's expectorate a/k/a lugies
when one finds oneself in the clutches of the flu. I mean those really
old Bianchis, even though they have tons and tons of mojo, look like
crap compared to the new ones. The modern logo's a major downer though
-- what's widdat?


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davidd86