Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

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Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

16 Oct 2017 16:35
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Greetings, I'm trying to find a simple touch up paint stick for 1977 KZ 1000 LTD midnight blue paint. Everything I see is a pint or quart. Any helpful ideas? Thanks!
Just acquired a 1977 KZ 1000 LTD after riding Harleys for 30 years. I remembered these bikes back in high school with the Kerker pipe and figured what the heck? A very fun bike!

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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

17 Oct 2017 06:41 - 18 Oct 2017 12:54
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Did you find a useable paint code?
Last edit: 18 Oct 2017 12:54 by martin_csr.

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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

17 Oct 2017 12:31
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Not as of yet, just found out the name at this point.
Just acquired a 1977 KZ 1000 LTD after riding Harleys for 30 years. I remembered these bikes back in high school with the Kerker pipe and figured what the heck? A very fun bike!

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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

17 Oct 2017 14:37
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Theres a company in England that specializes in factory matched paint;
www.bikecolours.com
They might be worth a try.
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/594313-csr1000-project-build
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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

18 Oct 2017 07:15 - 18 Oct 2017 07:18
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Paintworkz & Colorite motorcycle paint are a couple of other places.
Someone at paintworkz might be able to suggest an available color that's a close match.

When refurbishing my vintage Bridgestone mountain bike, I found a couple of Ford & Honda colors that were pretty similar. I just looked around at the color palettes for various mfgs, but never actually purchased any touch-up. too pricy. hee.
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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

28 Feb 2018 02:22
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A good paint shop should be able to match it. The paint shop I use has a colour matching camera. It suggests the best match formula and final matching by eye to account for variance, fading etc.

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Re: Trying to find midnight night blue touch up paint

28 Feb 2018 14:34
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Computer match will give you a metallic car color. I did a color match for that color a few years ago. It is a black base, a silver mid coat flake, and a candy purple topcoat. The tri-coat system makes chip touch ups difficult with a brush. Comes out better if you mask and spray on bigger chips. I can supply smaller quantities.
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