How To Repair Chips & Scratches On Your Bike | Professional Frame Painter's Repair Guide

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There's no worse feeling than finding a chip or scratch in your bike's paint work. Seeing your pride and joy looking less than perfect can be really disheartening, and you might want to get it repaired! In this video, Manon visits Fat Creations to learn how professional frame painters repair damaged paint work and gets a few pro tips that you can try at home!
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@gcntech 3 года назад

Does your bike have any scratches or chips? Do you want to try to repair them yourself? Let us know in the comments below!

@tombreen7927 3 года назад

Ah mine has loads of them ..if I went to do it I'd ruin it .. Can't get anyone over here to do repairs/resprays which is a shame Maybe I should start a respray workshop Savage repair job quality work

@tomahoks 3 года назад

Hell yes it has chips and scratches, it is a commuter.

@BixbyConsequence 3 года назад

Of course it has scratches; they are beautiful souvenirs from many rides. Wabi-sabi.

@slwsnowman4038 3 года назад

Yes, but I'm okay with them. They make it mine.

@tquindt1 3 года назад

Yes, and Yes. I lucked out and found a touch up paint at my local auto parts store that is very close to the original paint color. Some paint stores will do a custom match but it isn't cheap.

@brandenalexander6038 3 года назад

This chap is so humble and knowledgeable on his work. Awesome!

@an2nymous 3 года назад

that one guy that gives you peace of mind, not just with his skill but the way he delivers the end result with no BS. yeah, humble and honest working chap. 👍👍

@NoahStephens 3 года назад

Yes!

@jasondoust4935 9 месяцев назад

People who work all day with this stuff develop a crazy level of perfection with both colour and finish. His attitude is truly admirable.

@antares8281 3 года назад

I worked in the paint business for about 40 years before I retired. Among other things I worked with product finishing that included coating wood, steel, aluminum, and plastics. So first let me say: This guy is good. Real good. I've met and worked with enough half assed "professionals" to be able to tell the difference. I envy his tools, and the fact that he has his own spray booth. However a knowledgeable DIYer with a modest budget could purchase a small air compressor, air brush and gravity fed spray gun. All you need then is a place to spray that won't send overspray everywhere. If anyone tries it, always remember, MAXIMUM is NOT the only air pressure setting. Less is often better. As an FYI to Americans, I'm not 100% certain but I'm pretty sure that what he calls "lacquer" is not what the word means in the US. In fact in production real lacquers might be illegal under current VOC laws (sometimes called VOS laws depending on the state). I think he's using it to mean any fast drying clear coat. If you try to buy lacquer, you're going to have a tough time finding it. My guess is he is using that word to to cover any fast drying acrylic paint. What might be a genuine lacquer in the US is what he calls "nail varnish" and we call "nail polish." Those are or they used to be lacquers. His DIY method is clever but unless your bike is black or white, you're not going to find the correct color in that kind of product. I wouldn't bet on it holding up very long and I might bet on clear nail varnish to yellow fairly quickly, but it is still better than nothing. Nice video. Great work.

@0verPar 2 года назад

Quite often manufacturers sell the exact paint colour used for their bikes for the reason of filling in chips.

@thomasanderson5929 Год назад

@@0verPar Trek needs to sell their Volt Green for fixing up their frame. That colour is amazingly cool and used on a bunch of bikes but finding anything close to it is nearly impossible.

@sketchy0078 3 года назад

A bike that is scratched and wears some battle scars is a bike that is ridden and loved. The first scratch is always the hardest though.

@63Baggies 2 года назад

After all no one dates a virgin forever ;-)

@apurvdash7360 Год назад

This comment made my day which was going to be spoiled because of my first scratch on my Canyon 🙂 😞

@thomasmcroy1756 Год назад

Yes. The first cut is the deepest. That shit pisses me off. Every......single.......time. But then I get over it.

@SmackWild-yb1rr 8 месяцев назад

I scratched the top of a bike frame within about 2 hours of getting it home brand new. Bad parking and lesson learned, but was quite upset. At least i know it's repairable without having to go to much expense.

@gerbiepiep 5 месяцев назад

Nearing 13k KM's with my everyday use to anywhere bike, wich is a bit more than 2 years old i can somewhat relate to this. It is more than wel maintained and cared for than probably most users ever will. The first real '' sudden storm fall'' damage whitin 1 month of owning it, i was pissed, but it got fixxed. Second fall, even with a change of hoping for a better parking spot, it got fixxed again. And today, eventhough it stormed quite a bit, it did not fall because it was parked sturdy as hell, but now got slammed into by another bicycle and now has 1 smaller in sight on top and 1 quite big paint chip underneath the top tube wich both are quite deep. What gets me most is not realy how the damage occured or by what, but that i cant keep it ''nice'' and intact, it still saddens me, but it does not get me that mad anymore. As said, its used allot, and loved for. And this paint damage i'll try to fix with an original matching paint can brush thing i ordered sometime ago.

@mjokffsgfjs 3 года назад

I can sense him blushing when he said it's inevitable when asked if it will be better than original paint.

@coolcycles 3 года назад

I have often repaired paint chips in a similar way to what you did with nail polish, but matched the color perfectly, mixing modeller's enamel paints. If the frame has a clear coat finish, I use clear from a spray can and wet sand (800 grit paper glued onto a flat piece of plastic for the shape, then 1200, then 2000) and polish it by hand with car polish and cotton wool. I keep the area very close to the original damaged area, even with the spray color. If the frame has a metallic finish or color fade, this usually does not really work.

@Adrian-my8xk 3 года назад

We need more Fat Creations content

@Solarsystem50 3 года назад

I just put a "Made in China" decal on top of it. Nobody would notice.

@clintnieves 3 года назад

Always a treat to see Fat Creations shop

@philipcooper8297 3 года назад

When I got the first scratch on my bike, it bothered me a lot. Then I got second scratch, paint chip... and I just don't care anymore. 😃

@indrapt3765 3 года назад

Sure, I agree. That's why to ride a new bike sometimes is "not comfortable".

@levbobrov1398 3 года назад

First scratch is always the deepest 😀

@endeavour5316 3 года назад

@@indrapt3765 Yeah! cause its always on your mind that ur gonna scratch it or somethin

@tom0kiely 3 года назад

As long as your bike is mechanically sound I wouldn't worry about a few scratches. They're for riding on not admiring the paint job and being frightened to take it out.

@antares8281 3 года назад

Yes, but a paint system does more than just look good. It protects the surface from the elements. Even non rusting surfaces like aluminum or carbon need some protection. A continuous paint film protects that surface while anything more than a surface scratch can allow water to work under the edge and cause further problems. A bike kept indoors most of the time, will probably not have that problem, but with enough outdoor exposure and rough riding terrain, there is potential for more severe damage. I would have repaired the gouge we saw in the first bike, but ignored the DIY chip in the second.

@jamiehughes5078 3 года назад

What a great video, a true artist at work! Really interesting thanks GCN.

@bludog4657 2 года назад

Getting ready to re-paint my carbon road and these vids with Manon have been a godsend. All the best

@gcntech 2 года назад

Great to hear! Send a photo of the finished bike into the App, we'd love to see it!

@markbooth6745 3 года назад

Great video Manon, yes I have used nail varnish it very good. Only on my frames though. 😃👍

@yisraels4555 3 года назад

The scratches on my bike match the scratches and scars on my arms and legs... Both are signs of an active life well lived.. I can laugh about most of them. Maybe not so much when they happened.

@timothymadaras1613 2 года назад

It always a pleasure to watch a craftsman at work!!!

@roseedge5626 7 месяцев назад

I got a scratch and I've owned my bike for less than a week. Had an electrician come into the area the bike was stored and scratch. This is really helpful and timely.

@fetizsrami 3 года назад

Perfect timing just bought me self a merida scultura endurance and I'll be going off roading because it has 32 cc tyres. Definitely will be getting scratches and chips from stones and what not.

@gcntech 3 года назад

All part of the fun!

@paullinnitt5450 3 года назад

Get some helicopter tape for the downtube. This will stop the worst of the chips. Bit more crossover from MTBs.

@SlimPickins_07 3 года назад

The cage nut for my water bottle holder spun when trying to remove the bolt on my brand new bike just the other day. Haven't even ridden it yet and have a chip. Glad I got the first one out of the way though lol

@antoniiocaluso1071 3 года назад

When first applying thickened Epoxy (as "filler") it's best to apply with a somewhat stiff applicator. You'll need to try which works best with your "touch", (from biz card, to cedar shake, to credit cared, to rubber edging,....). Doing so avoids "humps & depressions" in the filler, which using a relatively "soft" applicator like one's fingertip, often leaves!! Requiring more sanding (planing-off is better!) the humps, or re-applying more filler. Ughhhh. I build catamarans, using glass/CF & epoxied and never-felt the use of gloves necessary, if handled well. Epoxy is relatively benign, unlike other "activator resins" used in composites. I like reflective stickers or tapes as a temp patch :-)

@kidstux 3 года назад

I've never been to the paint shop, but if I see Ben Foster's signed & framed jersey on the wall (14:30), the shop must be THE real deal!

@mrrodriguezHLP 3 года назад

I did my chip repairs with epoxy putty as filler, that you can find at any hardware store. It doesn't react with paint or carbon, it should last forever, and it is very easy to sand, prime, and paint. The biggest problem I had, as a DIY'er, was matching my paint color. Wear gloves when messing with epoxy putty.

@nickelly8002 2 года назад

Incredible precision on the stripes he had to mask off. the matte finish before the clear coat also looked dope!

@albullit 3 года назад

I remember looking through nail polishes in Boots when an assistant wandered over and asked if I needed any help. “Yes “, I replied “Do you have anything to match this?” As I held up a RockShox Boxxer lower. Her face was a picture, but she picked out a perfect match!

@yuurishibuya4797 2 года назад

Thanks for going over it in detail.

@aremuolayode8661 11 месяцев назад

I have 20-year old alloy road bike frame, dark colour. When I get occasional scratches and chips through to the primer or metal I dab the spot with a black permanent marker pen, then buff around it with a micro-fibre cloth. It is not a proper repair, but keeps my old pride and joy looking neat, tidy and loved.

@Jpifr 3 года назад

I repair rowing boat and what that men did is very very professional, I found out the "nail paint technique" not a long time ago and I definitely would have love to see this video before, as he said, a little chip takes you a full day to repair and that a pain when you have to be fast and cost effective, with the right nail varnish you can do quite a good job almost for free but it work well only on gloss white paint, what's pretty convenient for boats which are almost always gloss white. For black the best technique I've found is epoxy resin with some black paint, it work perfect. I would have show some non destructive testing just to motivate people to see a professional.

@SPMech1 3 года назад

Awesome video and great tips for DYI repairs........thanks ! ! ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@rajatsoni6525 2 года назад

This video was titled "How to Repair Chips and Scratches on Your Bike" which Google and everyone obviously takes to mean how YOU repair them because it keeps coming up when I run a search. But the video is "How the *Professionals* Repair Chips......" The equipment and technique he uses is waaaaaay outside the profile of a normal person. While this is interesting, and the video is quite fascinating and admirable it is ultimately misleading and deceptive. This video is like watching a how-to-descend video about mountain biking by watching a Red Bull competition.

@gregknipe8772 3 года назад

happy to see this show, will never need it but I know riders who really care. enough to have it done for them. thank you.

@pahl99 Год назад

Good video and I'm amazed how professional craftworker is, not common nowadays.

@gfrizzleshizzlemanizzle 3 года назад

What a great gent. Shouts out from New Zealand!!

@Kowabrass 3 года назад

If you can’t find your colour in the nail varnish shelf try scale modeler‘s paint. Lots of RAL colours there in tiny tins, and it’s good quality enamel.

@itarry4 3 года назад

Nail varnish is a great way to match the colour and get a hard wearing cover.

@KenChiwo 3 года назад

For those that want an easier option at home, but with decent results then use a Dupli-Color Scratch Fix pen.

@russstarke6004 3 года назад

Would love to know more about how he matched the color. I have a chip on a Cervelo and requested color code info and heard nothing back.

@dudeonbike800 3 года назад

Me too. I'd assume a shop like this doesn't waste their time trying to track down paint codes. First, who knows if the code is actually correct, and second, paint fades over time, so you want to match what's actually on the bike, not what it USED to look like. So I assume they use a color matching system that ensures accuracy.

@beardyface8492 3 года назад

If you take it to an auto-paint supplier they've often got a machine that'll scan & give them a recipe to match the colour. Downside is, you'll be stuck with buying 1/2 a litre minimum when you want 1/10th of that or less. A few places can also mix you up a rattle can, again probably much more than you want.

@ctcboater 3 года назад

A bike without scratches is (in automotive parlance) a Trailer Queen.

@01FozzyS 3 года назад

Fat Creations always do quality!

@seanmccuen6970 2 года назад

This dude is a master.

@HoshPak 3 года назад

Really cool video! A part two would be really appreciated where you fix up a bike with a matte finish.

@trimmxx2169 3 года назад

use a matte clear coat or use gloss and finish with 3000 3m trizact discs wet leaves it looking matte

@BooklessT 3 года назад

I have a white bike (Silverback Scalera) and have suffered from chips in the paint around the drop-outs. In similar vein to the video, clean it well, add the white nail varnish sparingly and build-up in small increments till the chip has (almost but not quite) totally disappeared.

@Passioneciclismo1969 Месяц назад

hi, I know who you are and I believe that your paint jobs have no rivals, how can you guess the color on a shade, you must be a great colorist, I have the formulas, I've tried to make some of my bikes and friends, touch-ups like yours and it's difficult to replicate the color a lot However, I have been painting cars for 40 years. I do the shading around the end of the tube to then go onto the edges or the front. I found a very expensive blender thinner but if you then have to polish you can also do it with a normal thinner so Glasurit 500g is expensive. 400 euros arrive on the polish and it becomes uniform without the need for polishing but by reaching the finest positions you avoid polishing because you are the best

@radfordbean2164 5 месяцев назад

A couple of days after buying my new Trek Émonda, I got a chip in the coral paint at the end of the chain stay. Sadly, Trek doesn't make any touch-up coral paint.

@cornishcat11 3 года назад

nice repair but i wish these people would call it clear coat not lacquer because it is NOT lacquer and has not been for bloody years.

@brushworkkay3076 3 года назад

Great frame Ill work on you any day of the week!!..manon

@VideoNash 5 месяцев назад

Using a block base coat/primer will add a rich luster to the "red" finish coat and you will only have to use a couple of coats of paint witch will save a lot of money in the long run, in fact, with the money saved on the finish paint supplies, you can maybe paint the whole frame on a similar budget, or close to it anyway... Just a tip, although you are the professional, so I don't want to intrude... Hope this helps. 🙂

@jamiepottermusic 3 года назад

Do Fat creations have their own RU-vid channel, because they are seriously missing out. I’d watch the masters at fat creations all damn day long.

@matthavilah7422 3 года назад

Love the tip. I've got a lovely 90's steely Eddy Merckx that needs some TLC. Want to do the original paint job justice.

@junyongzhao 4 месяца назад

Great video, what grade was the sand paper (assuming it was a sand paper) to smooth the nail varnish back towards the end of the video?

@1ring2rule3pigs 11 месяцев назад

What about alum-alloy silver frames that only have a gloss on them??

@joeyc8546 3 года назад

Chipped my bike when i was still building it, putting the cables through the frame and the handlebars got loose, swung into the frame. Realised how silly thin the paintwork is on the new bikes. Not robust like the old stuff. Will get it repainted one day as a new colour when i figure what it will be. That looked so much work for a chip as a pro level!

@mranonymous8815 8 дней назад

At the end he says "next stage now is to smooth it back a bit so..." and shows how to do it, but he does not say with what kind of paper or polishing wool, and one can't see it because it's covered by his hand. So how does he do it and does he apply additionally some polishing compound as in the previous example when he did it professionally? As in nearly every prof. DIY video, core informations are missing so that at the end you again can't simply follow it on your own. Edit: it seems to be the same 2000 grit sandpaper as he uses at beginn, with a little bit of spit, but I'm not sure.

@scchua4203 3 года назад

Great tips and tricks! Super!

@kylehagertybanana 3 года назад

This guy is great

@sgroadie6367 3 года назад

How much does a repair like this cost?

@jessevonk2836 3 года назад

Not sure, but a correctly done job like this will be expensive af.

@jessevonk2836 3 года назад

@william nguyen I see the scratches as memories :-)

@glbernini0 3 года назад

I remember carrying my bike frame into Walmart several years ago trying to find the right shade of nail polish. Pics just don't work to color match! I had no idea how many shades there really are.

@jiahaotan696 3 года назад

Remember that the paint on your frame also fades after use because of the sun bleaching it!

@leonarddaneman810 3 года назад

Color matching is an art . . . what he did with the patch and final polish was really not as impressive as getting the color to match (what he had to do to accomplish that was not shown in the video) . . . they have computer color analyzers at paint stores, but they only get close.

@cricrimc 3 года назад

@@leonarddaneman810 color match is painfull but since he blend the color he have more Room to play with. 2 separate pieces that touches is the real pain in the ass

@CRM08 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the tip!

@TheSamwhyte 3 года назад

Raiding my girlfriend’s nail polish set is always my first port of call for scratch solutions! *but don’t tell her - she is already baffled by the state of the frills on the application brushes! 😆🤫😇

@MrIanD1 3 года назад

Unfortunately my wife doesn't use black nail polish.

@matthewlewis9356 6 месяцев назад

I got a horrible scratch on my Cannondale top tube I would like to advise thanks

@solefreak2 3 года назад

Had chain suck on my Tarmac SL6 which has taken a fair chunk of paint off near the bottom chain stay, just hope it hasn't damaged the carbon! Luckily you can buy touch up paint from Specialized

@fabianbv82 3 года назад

Love this kind of videos.

@Outsideville 3 года назад

I've used nail polish for small chips. Cheap, color was close enough. Can definitely tell where I did the repair, but fine by me.

@brankododig1585 3 года назад

Same, but having a black or a white frame makes it easy to colour match. Used some sort of automotive repair paint thingy, too, which doesn't seem to be much different to nail polish.

@Outsideville 3 года назад

@@brankododig1585 perhaps the paint thingy was a Loew-Cornell Fine Line Painting Pen . Lets you get really fine control over the application vs. the brush meant for fingernails. Or perhaps the thingy was something completely different. 🤣

@nelsongracia 3 года назад

Excellent video , like it .

@dgillies5420 10 месяцев назад

When matching paints with home mixing, its very difficult to get a perfect match. If you match a little too dark, it will just look like a bit of dirt in the paint in that area, and it's less obvious than matching a little bit too light.

@canepaper967 Год назад

I appreciate the craftmanship but I'll happily rock the small chips.

@JMcLeodKC711 3 года назад

Did Manon plan her tee shirt to match that frame.

@fireinthenight9028 3 года назад

I spotted that too.

@BioLogicalNerd 2 года назад

And this is why I stick to pre-dented and pre-scratched bikes, I don't ever need to worry about this nonsense again :D

@thinkpadBentnoseTheBlind 2 года назад

lol, I hear ya. When i sold new mountainbikes i would recommend to people that if they are going to go offroading then just make the first scratch yourself as when it happens on the trail its heartbreaking. just whack it and then off you go.

@bivani 3 года назад

It would also be good if we could have a rough price estimate on the first repair job. Then i may decide that that scratch is not actually that bad looking afterall!

@iffy_too4289 3 года назад

You can estimate the price. He said a full days work so multiply average hourly wage by 2, then x 8 hours. Somewhat indicates price.

@glennoc8585 3 года назад

Well should be less than £75. When you can get a car bumper chip filled and paint for about £250 max.

@Leo-ss2gb 3 года назад

@@glennoc8585 For single stage paint done cheap sure. Getting a high end multi-stage automotive paint touched up and blended can get VERY pricy. Insurance quote for fixing chip and small scratches on a bumper in BMW Tanzanite blue was over $1500. And the size of the scratch/chip doesn't really affect the price too much as long as it stays on a single panel.

@bobschrank473 3 года назад

@@glennoc8585 Automobiles are easy. Find the code and you're good to go with most any major player in the automotive refinishing business(PPG/Axalta). On the bike side, we don't have codes that are shared outside of the plant where the bike is made and painted. I can spend hours just trying to visually match the color, the flop, etc. And if the damage area overlaps with other colors, it can take an entire day to just get the colors right. Then you have to add time to create the stencils and masking. So, the jobs are not comparable.

@johnandrews3568 3 года назад

@@briananderson5102 where I am you can get a single colour full paint job for $1000. Why spend that much on a chip when you can get the whole frame redone for a tiny bit more$.

@pedrohurtado627 3 года назад

My Trek Madone got a chipped how much this guys charge to fix it ? I would like to get in contact with him Very professional

@bradydewart7209 Год назад

What is the white masking material used?

@kovie9162 6 месяцев назад

Of course not a problem with a Ti bike, unless you chip the fork, which is more of a safety than aesthetic issue. Same with dropouts, derailleurs, levers, cranks, rims, etc.

@DigininjaRobin 3 года назад

Looks a lot better than when I used car touch up to do a chip in the same spot. Lucky no one is looking at mine

@Sir-Prizse 2 года назад

I have a set of car touch-up paint for each of my bikes with a colour that comes very close. I have painted my 2021 Trek Domane AL Disc many times, the paint is extremely thin and susceptible to damage and I had to paint the whole head tube... Thank goodness the colour Purple Abyss matches really close with Volkswagen's LA4X Ultra Violet Metallic. There is not a single tube on this bike that has at least three or more chips on it.

@ashtynn5599 2 года назад

Where did you the the car touch-up paint from?

@Sir-Prizse 2 года назад

@@ashtynn5599 I simply looked for a suitable RAL colour and bought it on eBay.

@cashhunt2519 3 года назад

Is there a link to this chaps website to get a quote for a respray?

@EryPrihananto 3 года назад

Your cloths match with the frame color 😁

@yishaithegift9953 Год назад

Yeah I have a few scratches and chips. I actually want to get my bike repainted. Because I wasn't crazy about the paint job to start with. It's a 13' Supersix. So it's due for a new color. What's a good place to have it done?

@Ergustavinho 3 года назад

What about a dyi trick for matt finishes ?

@jimmygee1969 3 года назад

Interesting and good that half decent results can be achieved at home. However, both bikes worked on had gloss paint and lacquer whereas many of us have matt finishes. How does one tackle those?

@solitaryrefinement6787 3 года назад

If your bike isn't chipped or nicked or scratched, you're not riding it enough. Anyway, that's why I don't mess with carbon bikes anymore. All metal for me. My stainless steel rig is like the Chuck Norris of bikes. I kicked up a rock once and it hit the frame and the rock needed to be touched up.

@SmackWild-yb1rr 8 месяцев назад

Is nail varnish really better for small chips than enamel paint? I have a couple of chips and scratches that are relatively small but they are down to the bare metal and I'd like to at least make them much less visible. Should I use an enamel primer first? Surely an enamel coat on top of primer would be tougher than nail varnish, or am I wrong? Any advice is much appreciated.

@ozzyrkaya3713 3 года назад

Chipped my chainstay few times when i changed my rear wheel, until i discovered you have a protector for it 🤦‍♂️

@unreliablenarrator6649 3 года назад

Repairs are the reason to always use a gloss finish and never a matte finish. Matte finishes can never be well matched unless the entire frame is recoated with matte lacquer to get a uniform results. On the other hand, if you repair a gloss finish and want to perfectly match the gloss, you can just polish the entire fame (of major outward facing parts) and the result will be perfect.

@LarsTclips 3 года назад

But what after the last sanding, when you take away the remainders of the nailpolish. Do you put on a blanc lacquer?

@tintansigloXXI 3 года назад

Great job, would love to work in that workshop

@adolforave 3 года назад

Manon ♥️♥️♥️

@tylermacias2582 2 года назад

This seems easy enough

@L4J20 3 года назад

What a wizard 🧙

@MatheusHenrique-nz3zh 3 года назад

I don't think i can watch this channel anymore... I'm in love with Manon

@anthonybrown7448 7 месяцев назад

How do i get in contact with this gentleman to help sort my bike out ive only had it 4months and its gone down twice and caused some nasty chips in my frame very visible and bothers me big time im not confident enough to tackle it myself plus the fram is a blackframe but when the sunlight hits it it gose like a matalic green this is the reason why a professional needs to sort it my bike is a scott patron ebike and its damaged on the top tube.

@fishellb Год назад

How did you match the paint to the factory colour? I refurbish old frames from the 80s and 90s and I always have chips like this. I get the filling, sanding, and priming, but I seldom get a decent match.

@alangilmour4269 3 года назад

Tried his home trick, the bike the scratches are noticeable, but my manicure looks fabulous 😂

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@jackprick9797 3 года назад

Did he sand in between the 8 paint stages? I was mildly considering a Pinarello Prince because it is used and at a decent price, but it is Orange! I would have to spend hours and $$$ to paint it in some other color, I would guess from looking at this video.