• And I also did a good deal on a set of 2015 Record shifters. They function flawless but managed to buy them for a good price since they had some cosmetical damage from a crash. They got scratched on the lever bodys, gloss varnish on the levers was scratched and one of the logo's was chipped. The body's sanded out quite nicely and I've touched up the logo on the levers. After some sanding a fresh layer of 2K varnish and they look fresh again.

  • Very impressive. Do you have some advice on how you went about the sanding? Which 2k varnish did you use and did you only apply it partially? I‘m interested cause I wanted to touch up some paint chips on a clearcoated cf frame.

  • I've used this one several times: https://www.nonpaints.com/be/2k-blanke-lak-hoogglans-in-spuitbus-spraymax-250ml-400ml. They come in different options: matt/Semi-Gloss/gloss. Be aware that it consists of two components, so once you 'open' a spraycan, you can only use it for a limited time ( 24-48h or so). The stem got one coat of primer (grey) followed by a wetsand with 800 and 1500. Then 4 coats of black, in between wet sanding with 1500. 'Sanding' sound quite rough though, especially the last coats only got a gentle wipe. Than 2 coats of 2K clearcoat without sanding.

    For the levers, I didn't applied it partially but gave the full levers some coats to get a nice finish. How small are the areas that you want to touch up? Cause if it are only small chips, a spraycan might not be very suitable.

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