paint match

[Peter Bourn]

Good afternoon everybody, 

                                                I was thinking about touching up the scratches on my Westfield but I don't know what colour it is.

Is there a number somewhere on the car? or does anyone know how to match the colour properly?

I think it's close to British Racing Green - but not quite.

Any help would be appreciated

Peter  ( Chug)

[Captain Colonial]

The best solution is to go to a very good body shop that can scan your existing colour and give you a formula to match it, then contact a company (plenty on the web) who can manufacture and supply rattle cans in that colour, but ensure it’s paint suitable for going over gelcoat / GRP.

 

There are more than 16m colours available, with humans able to differentiate 10m+.  You do not want anything less than a match or it will annoy you every time you look at it.

 

 

[Flying Carrot Steve]

5 hours ago, Captain Colonial said:

The best solution is to go to a very good body shop that can scan your existing colour and give you a formula to match it, then contact a company (plenty on the web) who can manufacture and supply rattle cans in that colour, but ensure it’s paint suitable for going over gelcoat / GRP.

 

There are more than 16m colours available, with humans able to differentiate 10m+.  You do not want anything less than a match or it will annoy you every time you look at it.

 

 

 

 

As @Captain Colonial says, you need to find your local version of a place like this. This is the one I've used near Bristol 

 

 

Colour Matching | Car Paint Warehouse https://share.google/pRfR5u7uPmZJG4yRL

 

[mega ade]

And once you've found a decent paint shop that can supply you with a matching green paint get them to spray it orange job done.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

1 hour ago, mega ade said:

And once you've found a decent paint shop that can supply you with a matching green paint get them to spray it orange job done.

 

And of course it will be much quicker as a result. Win win. 

[Peter Bourn]

Well, thanks everyone - I'll look for a company locally then

[mega ade]

Scanning is the way to go as it will match your today's colour that may be different to a paint code if you did find one on the car and even gel coat eventually fades a bit.

[Flying Carrot Steve]

4 hours ago, mega ade said:

Scanning is the way to go as it will match your today's colour that may be different to a paint code if you did find one on the car and even gel coat eventually fades a bit.

 

Agreed. It's the best way to match the actual colour of the paint as it is NOW, not as it may have been when new. Make sure they clean the patch they scan before they scan it as if it's dirty you may get an inaccurate result. I'm sure they will know that anyway. Happy hunting! 🤞

[Peter Bourn]

Thanks again - I've just gotta find a local company now🤔