Colouring matching car paint...........
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Is there anyway soembody can colour match car paint without knowing what the original colour was/is ?
I know you can take an example of something into a DIY store and they can scan in the colour and make some paint to match but can this be done with car paint somehow ?
I've got a car and I don't know what the colour is as its been resprayed some time ago.
I know you can take an example of something into a DIY store and they can scan in the colour and make some paint to match but can this be done with car paint somehow ?
I've got a car and I don't know what the colour is as its been resprayed some time ago.
The machine in question is a spectrophotometer. You need a reasonably-sized sample of the paint (a fuel filler cap, or small piece of bike fairing is fine) and this is then scanned.
Some machines return the closest match from their pre-existing recipe database of factory reproduction colours, others will generate a one-off recipe.
There are varying levels of technology (and expense!) that give different results as regards things like particulates, match under different wavelengths of visible light, etc. It is _not_ the case of "get it scanned, you'll get a perfect matching paint". Perfect matches don't exist as a matter of science (see Wikipedia on "colour perception" and "metamerism"
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To this extent, the paintshop doing the reproduction gets what they paid for - so for a good all-round result, it'd be worth going somewhere with a more expensive spectrophotometer system.
Also, the manner and environment in which the new paint is applied WILL change the way it looks.
Which paint system is used for the new mix will also have an effect on accuracy.
And as a final complication, custom finishes can have unusual things like holographic flake, candy-tinted clearcoats, or other pretty, but impossible-to-precisely-replicate things in them.
Tol
Some machines return the closest match from their pre-existing recipe database of factory reproduction colours, others will generate a one-off recipe.
There are varying levels of technology (and expense!) that give different results as regards things like particulates, match under different wavelengths of visible light, etc. It is _not_ the case of "get it scanned, you'll get a perfect matching paint". Perfect matches don't exist as a matter of science (see Wikipedia on "colour perception" and "metamerism"
)To this extent, the paintshop doing the reproduction gets what they paid for - so for a good all-round result, it'd be worth going somewhere with a more expensive spectrophotometer system.
Also, the manner and environment in which the new paint is applied WILL change the way it looks.
Which paint system is used for the new mix will also have an effect on accuracy.
And as a final complication, custom finishes can have unusual things like holographic flake, candy-tinted clearcoats, or other pretty, but impossible-to-precisely-replicate things in them.
Tol
Edited by Anatol on Friday 2nd May 07:12
Anatol said:
The machine in question is a spectrophotometer. You need a reasonably-sized sample of the paint (a fuel filler cap, or small piece of bike fairing is fine) and this is then scanned.
Some machines return the closest match from their pre-existing recipe database of factory reproduction colours, others will generate a one-off recipe.
There are varying levels of technology (and expense!) that give different results as regards things like particulates, match under different wavelengths of visible light, etc. It is _not_ the case of "get it scanned, you'll get a perfect matching paint". Perfect matches don't exist as a matter of science (see Wikipedia on "colour perception" and "metamerism" )
To this extent, the paintshop doing the reproduction gets what they paid for - so for a good all-round result, it'd be worth going somewhere with a more expensive spectrophotometer system.
Also, the manner and environment in which the new paint is applied WILL change the way it looks.
Which paint system is used for the new mix will also have an effect on accuracy.
And as a final complication, custom finishes can have unusual things like holographic flake, candy-tinted clearcoats, or other pretty, but impossible-to-precisely-replicate things in them.
Tol
Blimey, and there was me thinking I could get a tin down Halfords !!Some machines return the closest match from their pre-existing recipe database of factory reproduction colours, others will generate a one-off recipe.
There are varying levels of technology (and expense!) that give different results as regards things like particulates, match under different wavelengths of visible light, etc. It is _not_ the case of "get it scanned, you'll get a perfect matching paint". Perfect matches don't exist as a matter of science (see Wikipedia on "colour perception" and "metamerism"
)To this extent, the paintshop doing the reproduction gets what they paid for - so for a good all-round result, it'd be worth going somewhere with a more expensive spectrophotometer system.
Also, the manner and environment in which the new paint is applied WILL change the way it looks.
Which paint system is used for the new mix will also have an effect on accuracy.
And as a final complication, custom finishes can have unusual things like holographic flake, candy-tinted clearcoats, or other pretty, but impossible-to-precisely-replicate things in them.
Tol
Any idea how I go about tracking one of these people down or do I just have to phone up various paint shops and ask if they have a 'spectrothningymebob' ?
Or is there a fedreation or association of 'good paint matching people' ?
See if you can track down a local stockist/supplier from these people: http://www.spieshecker.co.uk/portal/
Mine came from a local paint and body shop and thats the manufacturer they use
(Edit) Seeing as it's Friday...try these
G Mitchell Ltd
Unit 22
Victoria Way
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
RH15 9NF
Tel: 01444 246400
Fax: 01444 248957
Mine came from a local paint and body shop and thats the manufacturer they use
(Edit) Seeing as it's Friday...try these
G Mitchell Ltd
Unit 22
Victoria Way
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
RH15 9NF
Tel: 01444 246400
Fax: 01444 248957
Edited by andynoquantum on Friday 2nd May 08:56
Rich...Is it the ginetta? if so I suppose itd be too hopeful that itd have been done in the original colour? http://www.g33.co.uk/paint_codes.htm
shouldbworking said:
Is it the ginetta? if so I suppose itd be too hopeful that itd have been done in the original colour? http://www.g33.co.uk/paint_codes.htm
No such luck, its been repainted at some point in its life and although the owner I bought it off told me the colour I'm not so sure !! Mind you thats with aerosol tins and touch up sticks so for a metalic colour i'm never going to get a great match.Hi,
Here is a brilliant site you can try,
http://shop.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/custom-hand-m...
Hope this helps!
Here is a brilliant site you can try,
http://shop.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/custom-hand-m...
Hope this helps!
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