Bexley Green
The shop colour since 2009. Mixed dark on purpose: it reads nearly black at dusk and unmistakably green at noon.
Wet enamelHome / The paint lab
Twelve house colours
Every Rivet & Road frame leaves in one of these, or in a custom match worked out with you at the spray-out table. All are wet enamel, all mixed in the lab on Foundry Lane.
Rosso Corsa
The racing red of every poster we have printed. Our most requested and, we admit, our favourite.
Wet enamelFoundry Slate
A grey with the blue pulled out of it. Named for the floor of the old casting hall.
Wet enamelCream Poster
The paper colour of the posters. A full bike in Cream Poster is a statement; we have made three.
Wet enamelSaddle Tan
Warm, grained, ages visibly. Pairs with cream lugs and hand-lettering.
Wet enamelMidnight Oil
Not black. Green-black. You only notice under sodium light, which is exactly the point.
Wet enamelOrchard Gold
From the orchards past Kesselberg. Bright in a way that only works with dark components.
Wet enamelChrome Grey
The chrome we use on fork crowns and dropouts, available as a full paint too.
Wet enamelTannery Red
Darker than Rosso, from the old tannery brick on Tannery Row. A quiet red.
Wet enamelLug Silver
Painted to imitate bare polished lugs. Cheaper than chrome, no one can tell at ten paces.
Wet enamelBottle Green
A step lighter than Bexley Green. The Vello Citta default.
Wet enamelBare Wax
No paint at all: the frame waxed raw, lug edges polished, tube stamps visible. It will patina and we say so up front.
Wet enamelHow paint work is priced
| Job | Includes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| House colour, new frame | Prime, three coats enamel, decals, clear | Included in every frame |
| Custom colour | Two spray-outs to settle on it, then the full job | $140 |
| Two-tone or panel work | Masking, second colour, hand-cut edges | $210 |
| Respray of any steel frame | Strip, treat, prime, enamel, clear | From $480 |
| Colour match from a photo | Spectrograph read plus the eye test | $60 |
This is the paint list of a fictional workshop. The swatches are rendered in the site's own palette as a design demonstration.