I scratched my bike!

[KnottedYet]

Oh, why does DebW have to be off hiking when I have a bike-hysteria moment? I need her to talk me down...

I was distracted by my dog and leaned my bike (Flosshilde) improperly against the corner of my hallway wall. She fell over, of course! Got a bunch of scratches, but I think the issue is white wall paint embedded in the gold Flossie paint.

How do I gently get that white paint off without messing things up worse? It didn't come off when I scraped at it with my thumbnail, so I left it alone.

[Kitsune06]

Knot! Breathe! In.... Out... slower- don't hyperventilate!

I'll see what I can do in the mean time.

I would first reccommend taking a pencil eraser and working at the white wall paint. If that doesn't work, you may want to progress to car buffing compound with a cloth. If none of the above work, try testor's model paint, applying a *very* small amount just in the scratches with a very fine brush or the tip of a toothpick, let it dry very thoroughly, then have at it with the buffing compound to level the surface.

It'll all be okay, Knot. ((hug))

[Trek420]

Yes, just do all that and the bike will look perfect....then run it into the carport like I did and have it professionaly repainted (even new decals ).

Flossie will be fine....inhale...exhale....

[KnottedYet]

Trek dear, how on EARTH did you run your bike into the carport?!?!

was it on the roof of your car?

[Kitsune06]

*reads the words "car port" and "new paint job" and "on the roof" and passes out*

[Trek420]

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...head+move+year

[Kitsune06]

I'm glad your bike lived, Trek... I think I'd have a heart attack.

Knot- Flossie's prognosis is good, don't worry...

[Trek420]

Yet another reason to love steel.

[Kitsune06]

I fear what I'd do to a steel bike. Just the fact that I *could* tac/arc weld and/or solder just opens it up to all kinds of fascinating art projects that would give steel bike fans nightmares.

[Trek420]

No no no welding, maybe with the old wheels I found that I'm turning into a trellis in the patio but nothing like that to the bike.

[Kitsune06]

Not even stripping down the paint on one or both sides, and soldering on pretty raised designs? Weight weenie.

[KnottedYet]

We steelies need a pretty-pictures website like the Bianchistas have.

[DebW]

Oh, why does DebW have to be off hiking when I have a bike-hysteria moment? I need her to talk me down...

I had a great hike. Soggy but great. I'll post more over in TD.

Sorry about the scratches, Knotted. Is everything OK now? I would have suggested wiping the scratches with WD-40, but that may or may not help remove the white paint.