tegwin
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 04:57 PM |
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Getting aerosols that match an unknown colour?
I need to do some painting on my TVR...it has been resprayed very recently in an unknown color...
Is there any magical place I can take a panel...(door)...and have someone cunningly create a couple of aerosol cans containing exactly the right
colour of paint?
It will do the job until I save up the money to have it sprayed up properly....
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:10 PM |
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i needed a similar service last year. went to halfords with several samples.
WAAAAYYY OFF. not recomended - especially for a TVR.
B&Q do it for interior emulsion
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:10 PM |
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you will have someone local who can match it pretty close.
We have two locals who will use paint colour match chips, you should get close provided the paint was mixed to a known code/colour.
The paint on my car was mixed by my son who works in a paint shop so aside from he knows what went in it i would stand no chance of getting close
otherwise.
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:13 PM |
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You need someone like this, thats not my son in the pic btw, he's a tad younger
than that.....
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bigpig
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:16 PM |
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There is a place called RS Paint (IIRC) in the back of Motorcycle News. They can take a paint fleck and match that. Quite good service too from them
in the past.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 05:47 PM |
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Paints4U on the internet may be able to help.
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charlierevell
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 07:00 PM |
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Friend of mine used Hickley valtone if you have anything like that local.
They used a camera to take a reading and matched it to that!
Tango orange is an 'IN' colour!!
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mackei23b
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 07:46 PM |
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I've left a panel at a local car paint suppliers and they mixed up a match against the colour.
Cheers
Ian
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austin man
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:07 PM |
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cant you contact the previous owner and ask where he had it painted ??
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:30 PM |
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The car was painted 5 years ago....the company then went bust...so the car sat in the previous owners garage in pieces for 5 years before I bought
it....so sadly....no...
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mr henderson
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:38 PM |
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Post a pic, I'll have a go at guessing the colour.
John
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:42 PM |
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Alrighty then
you can see the blasted hole in the roof that is now filled....still sanding away though
[Edited on 27/10/08 by tegwin]
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:51 PM |
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Blue ?
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 09:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
Blue ?
Hmm...im not so sure..
Its very similar to this one:
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MikeR
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 10:32 PM |
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Ah, i know that colour. I'm a bit sad with colours, used to know all BL's colours for early 70's minis.
That one is known as BLUE. Technically (in the trade) its called TVR blue, most people just abreviate to BLUE (note capitals are not important when
asking for the paint).
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/10/08 at 10:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Ah, i know that colour. I'm a bit sad with colours, used to know all BL's colours for early 70's minis.
That one is known as BLUE. Technically (in the trade) its called TVR blue, most people just abreviate to BLUE (note capitals are not important when
asking for the paint).
You sir, are a legend...how can I ever repay you for solving this complex problem!!!
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