Colour matching

Post by **eastona** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:47 pm

The welding's done, underneath waxoyled and the interior refitted (it has a "new car" smell

) I've now got to get the MoT and fit new bumpers and....paint the 4 new wings.

I've got a can of spray from BM, and used it to spray the sill finishing rail as a bit of an experiment. It looks a bit different to the rest of the car, lighter. The car has been resprayed at some point and I'm thinking it may be a slightly darker shade of green (it's a '69 four door, they've also put a red rather than green coachline on).

Could it be that the paintwork has just aged? The old paint seems darker, but only slightly. Would T-cut "lighten" the old paint, or just make it shinier?

Not sure what to do, but desperately fighting the urge just to flatten and spray the whole car. Maybe get a paint factors to match the colour?

Andrew

Post by **ASL642** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:45 pm

If it has been previously re-sprayed it may have been painted in 2pack. This does seem to come out a shade lighter than celly. If you're going to a paint factors take a bit of old paint (old discarded panel) He should be able to tell you which paint was used. Some paints don't "mix" and you may have to use a sealer primer.

Post by **eastona** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:14 pm

The old paint is darker than the new, but good point about different paints, who knows what it was painted with

I'll just have to take a bit of the wing in with me when I go for paint.

Andrew

Post by **coogee** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:09 pm

I also have a similar problem, I am repairing a scrape on the car. I have applied the final coat (almond green spray paint) but the new paint is slightly darker, is there anyway of getting round this problem.

Thanks in advance
Phil

Post by **ASL642** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:03 pm

If it were me I'd spray the edges of the repair taking the new paint over into the older colour thus avoiding a hard line ( doesn't stand out as much) Wait until the paint is hardened (a week) and then a very gentle application of T-Cut may take the new colour down a little.
Was the paint from a touch-up can? these can sometimes turn out to be a bit brighter than that mixed from a paint supplier.

Post by **MoggyTech** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 2:06 pm

See here

http://mog.myfreeforum.org/about60.html

Post by **eastona** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:18 pm

Mine was from a touch up can, (from BM) and indeed was brighter. I'm going to hack a bit off the old wing to take with me to the paint supplier

Andrew

Post by **coogee** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:23 pm

Re-sprayed round the edge, etc.
What a difference !

Thanks for the help.

Phil

Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:58 pm

Paint tends to get lighter with age - and as Phil has shown - the new spray can paint comes out darker. One answer is to respray the whole panel - with a very light primer/undercoat of white - which will lighten the final colour coat. And being a complete panel ant colour difference will not be so noticeable anyway.

Post by **eastona** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:18 pm

my car's paint is darker than the can, so using that logic, if I u/c in a dark grey I could darken the final tone.

I think I'm going to get it matched, though, with a bit of the old panel. As soon as I have time