How to Touch-Up Cannondale Paint

Cannondale is an upscale bicycle manufacturer. The company began with road bikes, which is still its forte, but now manufactures mountain bikes as well. Cannondale uses a multitude of colors, but always retains a signature white paint for its upper-end road bikes. It is a heavy enamel auto-body type paint. If you get dings or scratches on your bike frame, it's a good idea to touch them up to prevent them from getting worse.

Things You'll Need

  • Masking tape
  • Auto body paint to match bike
  • Cotton swab
  • 400-grit sandpaper
  • Rubbing compound (optional)
Show More

Instructions

    • 1

      Tape around the scratch or chip with masking tape. Place the tape as close as possible around the perimeter of the chip or scratch.

    • 2

      Remove the cap from the paint can and spray a short burst of paint into the cap. Dip the end of a cotton swab into the paint.

    • 3

      Touch the cotton swab to the defect. Surgically paint the chip or scratch with the cotton swab until it's gone. Wait 30 minutes and paint it again.

    • 4

      Remove the tape. Sand the new paint lightly by hand with 400-grit sandpaper until smooth.