That is exactly what I did six or seven years ago. Took it to a business in
Vegas who specialized in custom auto painting. They mixed an exact match of
touch up for me and put it in 4 spray cans -- their minimum lot. Can not
tell the difference. Key was that they specialized in AUTO paints for hot
rods, etc. Still have a couple of cans.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of insptwo@msn.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 4:00 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Damask Red Paint
Gale:
One of the easiest ways to match or closely match old paint is to take your
front apron off (which has usually faded along with the body paint) and take
it to a paint dealer, who can then put it in their color scanner and come up
with a really close match.
Bill
BJ7
>From: "Gale Hess" <ghess4@cox.net>
>Reply-To: "Gale Hess" <ghess4@cox.net>
>To: "Autstin Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Damask Red Paint
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:31:37 -0700
>
>I've had an SUV driver back without looking and cause some damage to the
>left
>front of my BJ8. It looks like the biggest problem will be finding Damask
>Red
>paint. There are several references on the internet re. paint numbers etc.
>but I'm wondering whether some of you might know of a source using the
>paint
>numbers without going thru the matching process. I know that it would
>likely
>not match the aged paint on the car but the area is small. Any information
>or
>experiences in this area will be greatly appreciated.
>Gale Hess
>BJ8-35887
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