1991 Kona Black

[Scott-S]

I had a search around and unfortunately the keywords for Kona, black and paint drowned me in results, none of which seemed to be relevant to my needs.

My (brand new to me today) 1991 Kona Lava Dome has some chip damage to the black paint that I'd like to repair, can anyone point me towards a colour code or even give any hints towards searching for a colour match as I said before I literally drowned under an avalanche of keyword results that weren't anywhere near relevant to what I was looking for.
Ive seen posts saying take to a paint store for a colour scan, but Im going to the plead thick old man here and say what do you mean by paint store defo not Halfords so Im assuming automotive paints shops?
Would anyone mind helping me out with keywords for a search to help me use in google to find such a place in Glasgow?

Many thanks for any help and advice for this out of touch and clueless old fool
Best Regards
Scott

 

[moonlite]

Hi Scott -- congrats on scoring a classic! There's a huge amount of wisdom on these threads -- I'm pretty sure I've seen one about reproducing the early black Konas. I've never done a paint match but from what I've seen, the people who do it are the more specialist automotive ones, rather than Halfords -- although with black, you may find a rattlecan that matches. Getting the true match might be a bit more demanding than that, though.

How about a couple of photos of the bike? It helps to see the extent of the job.

 

[Scott-S]

Thanks moonlite, apologies I never thought to attach a picture.

It's pretty much only 1 section of the top tube and it looks like something was dropped on it judging by the soon to be replaced damaged cable.
Im going to treat it with kurust to kill the rust then get some kind of paint protection on it as soon as possible.
That's all the damage really even the chain stay is in remarkable condition so its had quite an easy life I would say.
I posted more pics showing the overall great condition of it on my thread here:
https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/sorry-its-another-kona-lava-dome.485759/post-3642734

 

[moonlite]

apologies I never thought to attach a picture.

Haha no need -- I hadn't realised it was the same bike as the other thread! Looks like very localised damage which is good. Hopefully easier to patch & match.

 

[romanrinos]

I’ve used Humbrol Enamel model paints in the past to touch in the odd paint chip of my purple Explosif and it worked very well.

 

[JCS]

I’ve used Humbrol Enamel model paints in the past to touch in the odd paint chip of my purple Explosif and it worked very well.

+1

A standard gloss black modelling paint from humbrol / revell / Tamiya will work for that

Give the top tube a polish with T-cut or similar, will smarten it up

 

[romanrinos]

I’d would also recommend using a sparring amount of Farecla to clean up scratched varnish first before reapplication.

 

[JCS]

FYI I use these to protect my chainstay and top tube from chain / cable rub.
Cheap and effective. And black! So after you touch up those scratches you could use these to prevent further damage.

 

[Scott-S]

Thanks very much for the helpful advice folks,

I have some Black colour match T-Cut arriving today to deal with the minor scratches that real life accumulates on paint.
Sometimes this old fool needs to heed his own advice, on our commute home my wife and I chat a lot and when we can't remember something I tell her the answer is at your fingertips (meaning use your phone and search) and I actually remembered that she has an app on her phone to identify and/or copy colours that she likes...
So a fast App Store search found me Colour Tool and then a hasty attempt in the LED lit shed got me some useful information.
Im going to try again in more natural daylight but my god isn't technology wonderful.

 

[Scott-S]

FYI I use these to protect my chainstay and top tube from chain / cable rub.
Cheap and effective. And black! So after you touch up those scratches you could use these to prevent further damage.
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Thanks very much JCS, I think I will be ordering that right away