matching paint colour?
02GF74 - 31/3/06 at 08:09 AM
With the part built kit I bought, I have just about every receipt by the previous builder(s) but not the one for the paint, which would have had the
colour code 
I took the nose cone to match up swatches(?) and the paint made up is not right - too pinky and not deep enough red.
I am aware of Homebase and maybe B&Q do a paint colour matching service - has anyone tried this? Do you get the pigment recipe that I could then
use to get cellulose made up?
Or would I be able to spray the nose cone with the paint (water or oil bassed?) they make in the shop? Would it react with the cellulose
undercoat?
I will try Halfords and look at the reds, buy a couple of cans to see which is best match (logically if you were going to chose a colour for your car,
you would base it on an existing one so a fair chance the red I am after is on a production car). 
froggy - 31/3/06 at 08:16 AM
is there an autopaint or sikkens place near you? i always get a colour match on plain colours by putting a drop of the mix onto the panel itself for
comparison especially with reds
Howlor - 31/3/06 at 08:53 AM
Is the rest of the car lacquered. Depends on what colour it is but some look completely different before they are lacquered.
Steve
02GF74 - 31/3/06 at 08:58 AM
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Originally posted by Howlor
Is the rest of the car lacquered. Depends on what colour it is but some look completely different before they are lacquered.
Steve
it is shiny for sure but I don't think so; looks like a single colour/single layer.
Howlor - 31/3/06 at 09:06 AM
Just give it a quick compound and see if any colour transfers to the cloth. Tcut or similar will do.
Steve
iank - 31/3/06 at 09:38 AM
Might be easier since you are going to be spraying anyway to bite the bullet and pick a colour you like and respray the whole thing.
02GF74 - 31/3/06 at 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by iank
Might be easier since you are going to be spraying anyway to bite the bullet and pick a colour you like and respray the whole thing.
yeah did consider that but would involve a lot a messing/dismantling plus the support bars in the tub have been painted red so went for the path
of least resistance but not least cost so it seems.
omega 24 v6 - 31/3/06 at 10:52 AM
(I think) Halfrauds have a machine where they can match any colour and make it up into an aerosol can for you.
02GF74 - 31/3/06 at 12:48 PM
Homebase - dulux equipment only matches paint to one of their pre-mixed colurs - no recipe there then
got a tin of paint from halfords that seems to be close - forgot to ask about the colour matching doh
emsfactory - 31/3/06 at 12:50 PM
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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
(I think) Halfrauds have a machine where they can match any colour and make it up into an aerosol can for you.
I would avoid halfords completely. The machines are not great. I used ot work there. OK if you go in and ask for 'blue' but thats about it.
DarrenW - 31/3/06 at 02:03 PM
Forget Halford, B&Q and Homebase. Go to specialist bodyshop supplies. They will have hundreds if not thousands of paint cards to try. Next trick
is to check the swatches against the panel in good light (not under the shops flourescents).
After that you are in the hands of the gods. Im not a paint sprayer but know that Red is one of the worst colours to match. To be honest id pick a
whole new nice colour and treat yourself to a roll of brown paper that bodyshops use and a few rolls of masking tape. It wont take long on a se7en to
remove easy trim, seats and lights etc and mask the rest up. At least then there will be no matching and a fantastic car to enjoy for years to
come.
Whilst bodyshop is making the paint get a couple of aerosol cans made up from same mix for future repairs etc.
You could also pick up some G3 and G10 compounds for final cutting whilst you are getting the wet and drys etc.
Broadside Motorsport - 31/3/06 at 08:23 PM
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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
(I think) Halfrauds have a machine where they can match any colour and make it up into an aerosol can for you.
So do all of the companies that sell paint, ici, max mayer, etc etc and they're all poo and never match anyway.
Where abouts are you from 02GF74? If you go to a reputable bodyshop, not a big accident repair one, and ask for a quote they will match your
colour, we have to do it all the time at our place, half the time the mazda paint codes for example don't match the cars and we end up using
stupid colours off fiats or rovers and the likes, these too have to be matched in exactly the same way as you are requesting.
Hope this helps
Oh and the colour chips are usually a waste of time too, get spray outs done as this is a true representation of the colours.
Mark Allanson - 31/3/06 at 09:09 PM
No bodyshop is going to match a colour for free, I even put a charge in for mixing and matching if the colour looks even remotely non standard.
Best thing is go to you nearest Autopaint supplier, they are used to dealing with non trade customers with special requirements. They have the chips
to match.
Still the best option is to choose a colour you REALLY like and flop the whole car. Guaranteed colour match and the colour you want
Broadside Motorsport - 31/3/06 at 09:12 PM
Thats why I said to get a quote, we wouldn't do it until the car was in to have the parts done, but with the quote they can at least say
"yes we'll match it, it'll be x amount" which we would do if it came to us thats all.
02GF74 - 3/4/06 at 11:36 AM
wnet to shop who sold me some dakr red/purple tink to takt hte pinkness out. moxed with the paiont and the colour wasn;t going the right way
I had some Talbot cherry paint that I sprayed thinky over the top of the mixed paint and this was tkaing the coulur in the right direcion.
So I go 0.5 l of that made up. By mxiing about 1/2 of thatwith 1/2 of the darkened colour I had something that is pretty close, well as close before
it get expensive. 
ponly snag is my painting is quite up to scratch but that has to be another post.