Bike painting?

[Jet the Panda]

What type of paint should I buy to touch a frame by hand with a brush?

I have a frame that I'd like to touch the paint up on. I want to colour match the original paint and I guess the best way to do that is for me to get little pots of paint and mix it up myself. It's just a very small area that I want to touch up.

I'll sand the area down a bit and then paint it up by hand with a brush doing a thin layer at a time. Preferably it will be a type of paint that I can sand a bit once dry. Will clear coat afterwards.

I could possibly get a cheap little air brush, but I really think painting by hand should be fine.

I want an exact colour match and I doubt I can find this in a can. The colour is a weird off white / cream.

[SirBikealot]

Had the same problem with my cube nuroad in desert´n´black. Not even one year old and Cube can't support touchup paint.
So i headed out to my nearest body painter. They had a device that could scan the paint and then mix up a small amount of paint for me.
But don't ask the price. It is somtething i'd like to forget about. Expensive af...

[00Garza]

Frame painting might be one of the most underestimated tasks out there! I tried it once without a climate controlled environment, my local humidity messed up my results. I'd highly recommend trying a local paint and body shops for quotes at least and compare to what you'd be spending doing it yourself to see if its worth the effort.

[Tijoe]

Back in the polluting good old days, there used to be a lot of enamels and lacquer paints that could be easily painted by brush and could be sanded/blended/feathered.  These days in the world of water based paints and powder coated paints,  it has become very difficult to paint by brush and achieve a finish that looks good.

I recommend you look up some automotive factory touch-up paint companies and ask them what they recommend these days.  The last touch up painting I did was about 10 years ago using an air brush.  Air brushes are inexpensive relative to the cost of paint these days.  (Aliexpress probably sells them too.)

[00Garza]

Stumbling up on this in my insta feed. Might fit your needs.
https://gpaintbikesus.com/

[Jet the Panda]

Back in the polluting good old days, there used to be a lot of enamels and lacquer paints that could be easily painted by brush and could be sanded/blended/feathered.  These days in the world of water based paints and powder coated paints,  it has become very difficult to paint by brush and achieve a finish that looks good.

I recommend you look up some automotive factory touch-up paint companies and ask them what they recommend these days.  The last touch up painting I did was about 10 years ago using an air brush.  Air brushes are inexpensive relative to the cost of paint these days.  (Aliexpress probably sells them too.)

I am going to go with Humbrol Enamel Paints for model painting. Will get a few little pots and try to mix up the colour I need. Shouldn't cost more than £10 total, excluding clear coat.