tegwin
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 03:29 PM |
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Selecting the correct paint colour?
I am trying to match (as close as possible) the paint colour on my TVR...(it has been re-sprayed and I dont know the code!)
I bought a couple of paints from halfords that look "about right" on the tin...but one is to dark, and one is to light..... One also
happens to be a pearlesant...which is the perfect colour...but its a pearlesant...which is not ideal..
Are there any charts that compare the colours of vehicle paints so I can choose a slightly "darker" shade of blue than the one I have
etc?
I would love to be able to get close....its never going to look perfect, but it will do for now
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mr henderson
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 03:50 PM |
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I don't know the answer, I'm afraid, but have you considered paintng the roof in a different colour? Used to be quite popular at one
time
John
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 05:07 PM |
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It's an old car,fit a trendy 70s vinyl roof 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Shamrock GS
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 05:36 PM |
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Halfords can match to a sample using a digital sampler (or somesuch) and produce aerosols. I brought the boot of an MGB GT in and they did an almost
perfect match.
Gary
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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blakep82
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 07:06 PM |
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halfords also can mix tins of paint, they have a book full of all the different paint colours on production cars, and will let you flick through the
book to find the right one
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McLannahan
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 07:53 PM |
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I had Halfords mix some paint up last week. Actually a good match. £10.99 it was. It's Holt paint and sprays quite well too - better than their
normal flick cans!
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tegwin
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| posted on 2/11/08 at 11:19 PM |
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Hmm.... As it happens I have a door from the car in my tintop.....il tuck it under my arm and go for a wonder into Halfords on my lunchbreak 
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