#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
#16: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:53 am ----
Lewis wrote:
just the paint code from peugeot
which 99% of the staff don't stick to exactly which you have to do so no wonder matches are terrible
#17: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:55 am ----
tweet wrote:
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
That whats I ment the whole car needs polishing, bloady perlecent paint, looks as dull as anything at the moment, but I need to polish what ive sprayed as well to get the gloss look instead of the matt look.
#18: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:55 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
I need to polish what ive sprayed as well to get the gloss look instead of the matt look.
use halfords lacquer by any chance?
#19: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:56 am ----
tweet wrote:
LeeThr wrote:
I need to polish what ive sprayed as well to get the gloss look instead of the matt look.
use halfords lacquer by any chance?
Yer, why?
#20: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:57 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Yer, why?
because its s**t and always goes matt like
#21: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:59 am ----
tweet wrote:
LeeThr wrote:
Yer, why?
because its s**t and always goes matt like
Ah, well I now have a bumper and sp arch covered in it. What can I do with it?
#22: Re: paint colour Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:00 am ----
THE_GOOCH wrote:
Harry wrote:
Never seen anyone recommened halfords paint mixing they really are poor.
do you have any advice where to go???
Already been said but find a local bodyshop and get them to mix some for you, won't be cheap mind you.
#23: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:00 am ---- wet flat it with 2000 grit and machine polish it, or wet flat with 2000 grit and apply a better lacquer
#24: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:01 am ----
tweet wrote:
wet flat it with 2000 grit and machine polish it, or wet flat with 2000 grit and apply a better lacquer
Any recommendations on laquer?
#25: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:01 am ----
Harry wrote:
Already been said but find a local bodyshop and get them to mix some for you, won't be cheap mind you.
not a bodyshop, a bodyshop suppliers is what you need, 99% of bodyshops only mix paint for sprayguns and won't sell it
not that expensive tbh, my local paint supplers does it for around £7 a can Last edited by tweet on Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:02 am; edited 1 time in total
#26: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:01 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Any recommendations on laquer?
a paint/bodyshop suppliers own will be alot better than halfords Last edited by tweet on Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:02 am; edited 1 time in total
#27: Re: paint colour Author: copey, Location: rochdalePosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:02 am ---- dealers aint to bad on paint are they? im sure you get free laquer with it aswell
#28: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:03 am ----
copey wrote:
dealers aint to bad on paint are they? im sure you get free laquer with it aswell
the cans are tiny though
#29: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:11 am ---- Might just give up with it all, and just take it to be sprayed proffessionally.
#30: Re: paint colour Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:13 am ----
tweet wrote:
Harry wrote:
Already been said but find a local bodyshop and get them to mix some for you, won't be cheap mind you.
not a bodyshop, a bodyshop suppliers is what you need, 99% of bodyshops only mix paint for sprayguns and won't sell it
not that expensive tbh, my local paint supplers does it for around £7 a can
Dunno not an expert but the one I use sold me a can
#31: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:19 am ----
Harry wrote:
tweet wrote:
Harry wrote:
Already been said but find a local bodyshop and get them to mix some for you, won't be cheap mind you.
not a bodyshop, a bodyshop suppliers is what you need, 99% of bodyshops only mix paint for sprayguns and won't sell it
not that expensive tbh, my local paint supplers does it for around £7 a can
Dunno not an expert but the one I use sold me a can
i would rather pay about £7 a can for a perfect colour match rather than pay just under £16 a can from halfrauds which doesnt match.
#32: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:23 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Might just give up with it all, and just take it to be sprayed proffessionally.
i'm not far from you
#33: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:23 am ----
Harry wrote:
Dunno not an expert but the one I use sold me a can
like i said, 99% of them don't, but like everything there will always be an odd one that does
#34: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:31 am ----
tweet wrote:
LeeThr wrote:
Might just give up with it all, and just take it to be sprayed proffessionally.
i'm not far from you
Haha, give us a price
#35: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:40 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
Haha, give us a price
can't give you a price if i don't know what you want doing, lol
#36: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:49 am ----
tweet wrote:
LeeThr wrote:
Haha, give us a price
can't give you a price if i don't know what you want doing, lol
Well... thats open to debate haha only messing, no intrest unless your female
Need a bumper and an SP arch matching to the car.
#37: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:51 am ---- so you need the bumper and arch painting
£100
#38: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:53 am ----
tweet wrote:
so you need the bumper and arch painting
£100
Where you going to do it? Where abouts you from?
#39: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:55 am ---- outskirts of liverpool, bout 5-10 mins from the airport
#40: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:57 am ----
tweet wrote:
outskirts of liverpool, bout 5-10 mins from the airport
Still a good hour and a half away from me then :/
#41: Re: paint colour Author: tweet, Location: liverpoolPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:58 am ---- ok
#42: Re: paint colour Author: Lee, Location: EnglandPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:52 am ---- Get it from Peugeot, its cheap enough and includes lacquer too
#43: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:54 am ----
Lee wrote:
Get it from Peugeot, its cheap enough and includes lacquer too
Is it manufactures new spec or, the condition of your own paintwork spec?
But that should be fine for any job that you would rattle can
Anything big wants spraying with the gun, and probably blending in
#45: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:34 am ---- just a quick update. i went to a paint supplier yesterday and got an exact colour match. in total, i got 1ltr of laquer (in 2 spray cans) and 500ml of colour (2 spray cans and the left overs in a paint tin) for the same price as 2 300ml spray cans from halfrauds!!!
im well impressed. just want to say thanx for the help and advice from some of you.
#46: Re: paint colour Author: LeeThr, Location: North West WalesPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:36 am ----
THE_GOOCH wrote:
just a quick update. i went to a paint supplier yesterday and got an exact colour match. in total, i got 1ltr of laquer (in 2 spray cans) and 500ml of colour (2 spray cans and the left overs in a paint tin) for the same price as 2 300ml spray cans from halfrauds!!!
im well impressed. just want to say thanx for the help and advice from some of you.
Sounds good, might have to find some myself now haha.
#47: Re: paint colour Author: THE_GOOCH, Location: bodmin, cornwallPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:40 am ----
LeeThr wrote:
THE_GOOCH wrote:
just a quick update. i went to a paint supplier yesterday and got an exact colour match. in total, i got 1ltr of laquer (in 2 spray cans) and 500ml of colour (2 spray cans and the left overs in a paint tin) for the same price as 2 300ml spray cans from halfrauds!!!
im well impressed. just want to say thanx for the help and advice from some of you.
Sounds good, might have to find some myself now haha.
well worth the time to just drive down the road and let someone that knows what theyre doing to give you the right stuff
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£16 thats cheap, I paid £29.99 for mine 
haha only messing, no intrest unless your female 
