Harry Hall query

[bigjim]

I have aquired this Harry Hall and would really like to return the blue items to their original red but 1-Don't know how I can match the paint
2-Don't know how to go about painting it.
Any ideas suggestions welcome. Original owner evidently painted it to match TDF colours in the 90s Discovery Team?

Cheers. Jim

 

[Johnsqual]

Hello,

Better car parts shops should do a paint matching service, although they may look at you a funny if you say it's for a bicycle

You could have a go at stripping the paint, e.g. with nitromors, then using
rattle cans to prime and respray. This chap has got some good results:

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=173437

However, rattle can paint is not very durable. My Dad rattle canned an old
bike of his and the paint scratched very easily.

The alternative is to go for a full respray. Places like Bob Jackson's in Leeds can do a single colour respray for about £100, I think. There was also a guy with the user name Lazarus in Liverpool on this forum who did reprays, but I have not seen him on here the last couple of months.

Hope that is useful.

Johnny

 

[Nob]

Argos Cycles in Bristol can also do this job for you