#1: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:45 am ---- hey all. has anybody had any trouble with paint that halfrauds have mixed up? i got them to make up EZA and when i got home and started painting, the colour is darker!
iv read afew posts and "paints4u" keeps cropping up. are they the way foward for me?? any help is much appriciated as my pug looks s**t without any bump strips on lol
#2: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:55 am ---- Think im in the same boat as you mate, got them to make up some EKQ, and the colours a lot darker than whats on the car at the moment.
#3: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:02 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Think im in the same boat as you mate, got them to make up some EKQ, and the colours a lot darker than whats on the car at the moment.
i dont think i will recommend halfrauds to anybody else on here. not only was the colour different, it was just under £16 a tin aswell!!!!
#4: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:14 am ----
THE_GOOCH wrote:
LeeThr wrote:
Think im in the same boat as you mate, got them to make up some EKQ, and the colours a lot darker than whats on the car at the moment.
i dont think i will recommend halfrauds to anybody else on here. not only was the colour different, it was just under £16 a tin aswell!!!!
In the tub the colour looked pretty close, dont know if it just needs polishing or t-cutting or something but its not quite right on the arch and bumper. £16 thats cheap, I paid £29.99 for mine
#5: Re: paint colour Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:17 am ---- Never seen anyone recommened halfords paint mixing they really are poor.
#6: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:25 am ----
Harry wrote:
Never seen anyone recommened halfords paint mixing they really are poor.
do you have any advice where to go???
#7: Re: paint colour Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:37 am ---- There's always different tints to paint, and mixing will never be 100% correct.
#8: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:38 am ---- find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers, they will mix you paint off the car, not off the paint code so it will be a perfect match
#9: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:39 am ----
Ali_H wrote:
There's always different tints to paint, and mixing will never be 100% correct.
not true, mixing can be 100% correct, have to do it about 20 times a day in work
the thiong is when mixing paint, the ratios of each colour that go into the mix have to be exact, my mate used to work in halfords and said they weren't arsed about getting each colour that went into the mix exact so if you have 0.1 of a gram out on each colour and there are 5-6 colours that go into a mix then it will be out and not match Last edited by tweet on Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:41 am; edited 1 time in total
#10: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:41 am ----
tweet wrote:
find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers, they will mix you paint off the car, not off the paint code so it will be a perfect match
How does that work? Do they use something in there formula to take into account the way its been attacked by the weather/sun light etc?
#11: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:42 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
tweet wrote:
find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers, they will mix you paint off the car, not off the paint code so it will be a perfect match
How does that work? Do they use something in there formula to take into account the way its been attacked by the weather/sun light etc?
after doing it for years you know what colour to add abit more or less in the mix, they will also keep checking against the car so its perfect before putting it in a can
#12: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:45 am ---- Think I need to polish up the car and bits ive sprayed and see how they compare before deciding what to do with it.
#13: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:47 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Think I need to polish up the car and bits ive sprayed and see how they compare before deciding what to do with it.
if anything you need to machine polish the rest of the car, not the bits you've painted
#14: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:50 am ----
tweet wrote:
find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers, they will mix you paint off the car, not off the paint code so it will be a perfect match
think i will do this, physically matching the colour would be better than paint code match. thanx tweet
#15: Re: paint colour Author: Lewis, Location: Isle Of WightPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:51 am ---- Its not just the fact halfords arent great at mixing... it depends on the weathering your car has undertaken over the years! remember paint does fade! And therefore the colour of your car is not going to be qutie the same as when it came out the factory which is what colour halfords are matching it too... They arent matching it to your weathered paint, just the paint code from peugeot
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£16 thats cheap, I paid £29.99 for mine 
