Longshot: RAL color codes for red R&M frame enamel?

etchlings

etchlings

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I’ve asked Propel and Curbside Cycle about this, both NA R&M shops and couldn’t get a definite answer.

Does anyone know the RAL codes for Dynamic Red Metallic and Black Matt enamel paint on the R&M bikes? Or how to find out when official shops can’t or won’t furnish the info?

R&M can’t mail touch up paint, due to customs restrictions on hazardous materials (and must not think it worthwhile to organize the forms they could use to get the paint through internationally since sales would be low).
 
etchlings said:
I’ve asked Propel and Curbside Cycle about this, both NA R&M shops and couldn’t get a definite answer.

Does anyone know the RAL codes for Dynamic Red Metallic and Black Matt enamel paint on the R&M bikes? Or how to find out when official shops can’t or won’t furnish the info?

R&M can’t mail touch up paint, due to customs restrictions on hazardous materials (and must not think it worthwhile to organize the forms they could use to get the paint through internationally since sales would be low).
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We had a Multicharger that just arrived with some bumps and bruises. I just asked this question to R&M direct and will keep you posted with their reply.
 
Brendon@OEB said:
Official word is no color code is available. Should someone want touch up paint a body shop should be able to match the color and mix up a bottle for touch up.
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Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. Thank you so much for getting back on this. I would presume a body shop is going to need the whole bike to do that. Either to scan or eyeball it with swatches. Never done that before for a car, so I don’t quite know how it works.

Sigh. What a frustrating and wildly inefficient cop out by R&M for their US customers. While Canada can get factory touch up paints, AFAIK.
 
etchlings said:
Yeah, that’s what I’m afraid of. Thank you so much for getting back on this. I would presume a body shop is going to need the whole bike to do that. Either to scan or eyeball it with swatches. Never done that before for a car, so I don’t quite know how it works.

Sigh. What a frustrating and wildly inefficient cop out by R&M for their US customers. While Canada can get factory touch up paints, AFAIK.
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It's not R&M's fault, it's the hazmat status of shipping paint in the US. BMW, Ducati, Triumph, and other high end moto companies don't sell touch up paint either.
 
Brendon@OEB said:
It's not R&M's fault, it's the hazmat status of shipping paint in the US. BMW, Ducati, Triumph, and other high end moto companies don't sell touch up paint either.
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Sure, and that’s a customs issue. But there’s ways to properly and legally ship hazardous materials. Art suppliers do it all the time. So someone is making that calculation that it’s not profitable or is too inconvenient to do so. Which I get. Red tape can be a huge hassle. At that point though, a company should have a RAL code on file for all their colors so they can be made locally as needed. It seems R&M doesn’t have those codes for their colors though.
 
Hi, this might be useful.
I use it daily in my photography studio for calibration issues in technical photography.
And it has worked perfectly in cases of painting vehicles for two friends who had to paint parts of their cars.
Cheers.
Juan.
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Hola:
Puede que esto sea de utilidad.
Yo lo utilizo a diario en mi estudio de fotografía para temas de calibración en cuestión de fotografía técnica.
Y ha funcionado perfectamente en casos de pintura para vehículos de dos amigos que tuvieron que pintar partes de sus coches.
Saludos.
Juan.
 
Manfrotto said:
Hi, this might be useful.
I use it daily in my photography studio for calibration issues in technical photography.
And it has worked perfectly in cases of painting vehicles for two friends who had to paint parts of their cars.
Cheers.
Juan.

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Hola:
Puede que esto sea de utilidad.
Yo lo utilizo a diario en mi estudio de fotografía para temas de calibración en cuestión de fotografía técnica.
Y ha funcionado perfectamente en casos de pintura para vehículos de dos amigos que tuvieron que pintar partes de sus coches.
Saludos.
Juan.
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If Riese & Müller (R&M) and their official shops can't provide the RAL codes, your best bet is to get a spectrophotometer reading from a local automotive or professional paint shop. Many auto body shops or specialty paint stores can scan a sample from your bike and match the color precisely. Alternatively, you could check with bike forums or communities where other R&M owners might have already identified close matches. Some automotive touch-up paint suppliers might also have experience with similar metallic reds and matte blacks. If all else fails, a high-quality custom paint mix could be your best solution.
 
Go to a competent automotive body shop that specializes in European cars and ask them if they can mix up the color you need for your bike. If they can do that for you, they may want you to bring the bike to their shop to get the color correct. You will probably have to purchase a quart of paint from them as it is not profitable for lessor quantities or base color availability. What avenues have you pursued other than realizing large corporations, foreign or domestic, have terrible customer service? There is a website RALcolorchart.com that may be helpful. Are you looking to touch-up an issue on the bike or are you wanting to completely repaint the frame?
 
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