Bianchi Celeste paint recipes

[Bob Gardali]

cool, good info, thanks.

MikeYankee wrote:

> Since Bianchi dealers don't seem to have touch-up paint, here are two
> solutions.
>
> When Andres Cuevas replaced a dropout in my '96 Bianchi Veloce last week, he
> matched the Celeste paint by taking the frame to a car paint shop, where it was
> scanned and matched by computer. The resulting paint code number is
> DBU46981*** (I'm not sure whether or not the asterisks are part of the number).
> Apparently any good car paint place can match it using this number. This
> color is a flat pastel green, very close to Celeste. Andres added a bit of
> "pearl" to enhance the flat color and give it the right irridescence. It's a
> great match.
>
> For fixing minor dings, there is a nail polish mixture that works well, a 1:1
> mix of two nail polishes: Bari Pure Ice "Frosted Ice Sea Breeze: #623 (which
> is a pretty close match by itself, but too green) and Nutra Nail "Blue Mist
> #129598" (maybe the 8 is a B). I found both of these at CVS. The match on my
> bike (a '96 Veloce) is good for both color and gloss.

[Joe Resnick]

Be careful if you try to use the color code, the celeste color changes
slightly from year to year.

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