Touching Up the Moots

One of the downtube decals on my bike sustained some minor damage a while back. It was nothing too serious, just a small scratch on one of the letters that I easily touched up with paint. I wasn’t happy about the scratch, but I could live with it. Mountain bikes get dinged and scratched. It’s just the nature of the beast.

However, while washing my bike last week, I used Greased Lightening degreaser on the frame that apparently contained something a little too harsh and noticed a small section of the decal started to bleach. I think the degreaser found its way behind the paint and ate away at the ink. Anyway, this freaked me out.

I called the Mother Ship (Moots factory) and talked with a very nice woman named Kassi who set me up with a factory sticker kit.

The replacement decal set arrived today from Colorado, so I set up a work area on the patio to apply a new decal on the downtube.

The kit contains more decals than I actually need, so I have lots of extra decals now. I suppose it’s nice to have them on hand in case of a cosmetic emergency.

Applying the replacement decal was rather straightforward and much easier than I anticipated. I was a little worried about being able to remove the glue residue, but a little Goo Gone on a paper towel worked great. Now my Moots looks showroom new.

Handbuilt in the Rockies. Touched up in Mississippi.