"If you are like me and love patina, along with all the little marks that signify a bike is well-loved, then this is the perfect way to showcase the dings, scratches, and dents that make your bike so unique. Borrowing influence from the ancient art of Kintsugi, this gilding paste has found a unique application among cyclists seeking an alternative to ordinary touch-up paint for their frames, and Velo Orange has what you need to turn paint scratches into works of art."
"Kintsugi is a Japanese art form that celebrates imperfections and damage as something special, rather than a defect. For ages, Kintsugi has been used to repair broken pottery by filling areas of broken ceramics with urushi lacquer mixed with gold, silver, or platinum. This way of repair is homage to the use of an object, elevating the blemish rather than hiding it to show respect for the history and story behind each mark."
"The Goldfinger compound is manufactured by Daler-Rowney, a UK-based company specializing in paints and varnishes, but has recently been adopted by Velo Orange, which encourages riders to enhance the appearance of scratches and blemishes on bike frames and components. Rather than sourcing a paint-matched touch-up paint, Goldfinger taps into the beauty of Kintsugi, allowing scratches and paint marks to be filled with a gold or silver compound that elevates the history of each scar."
Kintsugi is a Japanese repair art that celebrates imperfections by filling broken ceramics with urushi lacquer mixed with precious metals. The technique elevates blemishes to honor an object’s history and use. Cyclists can apply the same principle to bike frames by highlighting dings, scratches, and paint marks rather than concealing them. Daler-Rowney produces a Goldfinger gilding compound that Velo Orange now promotes for enhancing frame patina. The compound in gold or silver fills scratches to create decorative, history-emphasizing accents that turn damage into intentional ornamentation.
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