So here's the next item on my restoration agenda: body work and paint. Today my car sits in Chris Foley's shop in Manchester, CT for the "rustoration" phase. After the rust is cut out and welded up with new metal, it is on to the body shop - plastic media blasting and eventually repainting. As you can see from the avatar, the car is now yellow, but that is not where I'm headed. I like the 72 Adriatic Blue or Gemini Blue. My question is - how can I match those colors. Is this a paint color or formulae that a body shop can find or match? How should I proceed?
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So here's the next item on my restoration agenda: body work and paint. Today my car sits in Chris Foley's shop in Manchester, CT for the "rustoration" phase. After the rust is cut out and welded up with new metal, it is on to the body shop - plastic media blasting and eventually repainting. As you can see from the avatar, the car is now yellow, but that is not where I'm headed. I like the 72 Adriatic Blue or Gemini Blue. My question is - how can I match those colors. Is this a paint color or formulae that a body shop can find or match? How should I proceed?
QUOTE(william harris @ Feb 2 2004, 09:33 AM)
Is this a paint color or formulae that a body shop can find or match?
yes - with the code or color name (ideally both) a competent paint shop can get you the color you want.
customs and paint to sample get iffy but with the standard color codes you should have no problem...
The shop or it's PBE supplier will have the formulas for the paint based on the orginal code.
It will be based upon the orginal paint (laquer is my guess) and converted for whatever application you want to put on, basecoat clearcoat etc.
Be aware that this will change the color of the paint slightly. When "crossing over" the paint code on my 60 MGA - Olde English White- the paint turned out to be significantly darker than the orginal. Have your guy do a couple of spray-outs to make sure it is what you want.
Good Luck
Todd
1960 MGA
1973 914 1.7
It will be based upon the orginal paint (laquer is my guess) and converted for whatever application you want to put on, basecoat clearcoat etc.
Be aware that this will change the color of the paint slightly. When "crossing over" the paint code on my 60 MGA - Olde English White- the paint turned out to be significantly darker than the orginal. Have your guy do a couple of spray-outs to make sure it is what you want.
Good Luck
Todd
1960 MGA
1973 914 1.7
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