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Covering up cosmetic scratches to shifters

dragratchet · 2016-08-20 14:13:11

Had a couple spills on the bike recently leaving 3 nasty paint scratches on my right ultegra shifter. its a new enough groupset so im not at the point where it doesnt bother me. anyone have any tips on covering up these scratches. a clubmate mentioned nail varnish for scratched frames bit i dont know if that would hold up…

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20-08-2016 3:13pm

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dragratchet

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Had a couple spills on the bike recently leaving 3 nasty paint scratches on my right ultegra shifter. its a new enough groupset so im not at the point where it doesnt bother me. anyone have any tips on covering up these scratches. a clubmate mentioned nail varnish for scratched frames bit i dont know if that would hold up to being manhandled constantly like a shifter.

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#2 21-08-2016 10:19am
Cee-Jay-Cee

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I had very light scoring on my 6800 shifter from it leaning against a wall and used a black sharpie to darken it. Worked a treat and hasn't worn off so far.

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#3 21-08-2016 3:53pm
dragratchet

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not a bad idea. permanent marker in black would work alright.

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