Fellow listers,
A few years ago a friend of mine was repainting his TR7. All he had was the
color name and at that time there were very few places supplying parts. He
went to Pittsburgh to a paint library (perhaps at PPG?). I remember him
telling me they had millions of samples of paint and a full time librarian.
They found the correct green for the car, and then cross matched it to a
green that was being used on some type of machinery, and he had his paint
code. It was not exact but it was so close you couldn't tell. I wish I
remembered more about how he did it. I have also seen paint cans that have
been mixed in the spray can. We used to order some like this in the boat
plant where I worked for repair on older boats. We would order the paint
and it would come in a spray can like any other with a hand filled out label
on the can with the color. It was our own tan color, so I can't imagine it
would be anyone's standard paint.
John
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