That sucks. I just spilled super glue on a 8k paint job, so I feel your pain.
That can be easily fixed. It has to be sanded smooth. Then primed and lightly sanded. The color is solid and should be easy to match. A little elbow grease and it will blend in like was never scratched. See if there is a RAL number for paint. There are places where you can order spay paint made to custom colors. Or just ride the liven’ crap out of it, like there is no tomorrow (well, because there may not be one) and repaint the entire frame down the road. Cheers! > On Jun 22, 2022, at 8:45 AM, Jay Lonner <jay.lon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That’s a tough break and I can understand your disappointment. Riv/Grant > seems to be of two minds when it comes to stuff like this – on the one hand > they extol the aesthetics of fancy lugs and exquisite Joe Bell paint jobs, > and on the other they seem pretty laissez faire about “beausage” (ugh) once > the bikes are in the wild. > > I don’t know how rare these frames are, and how attached you are to this > particular vintage/color, but unless you got a substantial break in the price > I think you have the right to expect an intact paint job. If it really > bothers you (esp. as a splurge for your 64th birthday) I think you’d be well > within your rights to return it and keep looking. Touch-up paint and nail > polish are fine suggestions, and will look OK from 10 feet away, but won’t > undo the damage. Bikes that get ridden get dinged up, no doubt about it, so > if you can make your peace with the fact that damage is inevitable maybe you > can just live with it. > > I also like the idea of a strategically deployed decal or sticker, but I > think one must be careful to not to go overboard. I have one sticker on my > Hunq and it’s from the Association of Caffeinated Wheelers > (https://bradclick.bigcartel.com/products > <https://bradclick.bigcartel.com/products>), which suits my aesthetic quite > well. Maybe you can find a sticker relating to a hobby or cause that you > connect with that would cover and/or distract from the defect. > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > > Sent from my Atari 400 > >> On Jun 22, 2022, at 7:19 AM, Kiley Demond <khdem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As some of you know, I have been looking for an early-model 59cm Clem L, >> preferably orange with blue the runner-up. I preferred frame-only because I >> knew that I would probably replace 80% of the components. For some reason, I >> took the wheels too. The frame was pristine but in shipping, the wheels were >> lashed to the frame with a tie-wrap, the hub protector popped off, and the >> hub proceeded to gouge the frame for several days in transit. >> >> I bought this for myself for my 64th birthday and I am bitterly >> disappointed. I can return the frame and start my search over, or I can >> propose remediation. What will it take to fix this? I can live with a little >> bit of marking but it obviously needs to be repaired to seal the frame and >> reduce the cosmetic sting. I can contact Riv about touch-up paint, but the >> frame is from 2016, so.... >> >> Thank you in advance for your thoughts. >> >> -Kiley >> >> <IMG_3218D.jpeg><IMG_3222D.jpeg><IMG_3216D.jpeg> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9cacd064-3dec-4e58-977e-d600fdb192e1n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9cacd064-3dec-4e58-977e-d600fdb192e1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> <IMG_3218D.jpeg><IMG_3216D.jpeg><IMG_3222D.jpeg> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4FBD321C-96DF-45B7-A61A-93C2039FF50E%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4FBD321C-96DF-45B7-A61A-93C2039FF50E%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/77437323-A6CC-4AD6-86A0-BAF1AF1AAE04%40gmail.com.
