Shane L , Hi I must have been writing at the same time was you , my thread is pretty much the same as yours , at least we agree , cheers Jim :D
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Shane L , Hi I must have been writing at the same time was you , my thread is pretty much the same as yours , at least we agree , cheers Jim :D
The 21 year old Alpine White paint on my 93 RRC is so close to the paint-code mixed up stuff that I can't tell.
Where the four different efforts at paint matching by three different spray painters on my other rangie stick out like dogs balls.
I'll take the factory paint code every time thanks.
What colour was the Rangie ?? White is the best, followed closely by straight black. If the Rangie has perls/metalics in it ... especially if it's a nice deep colour, it's bloody difficult to match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal
Having said that, the local auto-paints store I use are bloody good :banana: ( J&D Auto paints Ballarat ).
seeya,
Shane L.
Both off-white. The 85 is creamier (arctic white) and that's the one with the most awful colour matching attempts.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleChevron
The 93 is closer to plain white (alpine white) and whoever painted the bonnet didn't get the colour right either.
As dumb as it sounds, I'm pretty sure an "off white" is not an easy paint to match.... there is so many slightly different shades of it. Darker colours are the easiest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dougal
It's unlikely that a lot of the older cars even wear there original colours. Especially where they were originally painted with an acrylic laquer (the mixing instructions for modern paints wont exist). At respray time they would have either matched it (near enough is good enough if the whole things to be painted), or mixed it by paint code .... which may not necessarily be the same colour as original. I recently sanded down one of the rear guards off one of my cars and found five slightly different shades of the same colour :eek: Who would even know what the original colour actually was, 'cos there all similar.
The range rover here has 4 shades of red on it if you look close, but it still looks quite good from 10paces. I'll repray it someday.... Why would you want a 4wd to look too good though? Then you'd be scared to drive it down tracks with branches scratching the sides.
seeya,
Shane L.
Agree absolutely. The whole reason I took it to spray painters each time was I knew I have absolutely no eye for mixing paint. I can tell what is wrong when it's done, but I can't pick what is needed to make it work.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleChevron
This one has original doors and roof. I know the history of it going back to about 6 years from new. Since then it had accident repair to 3 of four corners. All from the same incident.:o Then I paid to have the bonnet repainted.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleChevron
The painter who did the repair matched it really well the first time. So I went back to get him to mix more for me.
Absolute cock-up. Even I could see the brown in it.
So I tried a paint shop and even left the vehicle with them.
Slightly better than the brown, but it's got murky blue and doesn't match at all.
The painter who did the bonnet was a moron. First time around the paint was full of bubbles. He had a reaction of some kind.
Second time around he didn't even ask me to check the finish, must have been even worse than the first.
Third time around it's a better match than the brown and blue from earlier. But four years on (in the driest climate in NZ) it's rusting around the washer nozzles.:(
I'm not worried about scratches either. Just cleanup after the bog flakes out of the dodgy panel repairs.Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleChevron