- 1. paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:22:22 -0400
- The time has finally come to paint the restored bugeye shell which ahs taken up so much of my time and $ over the past year. I have the BMHT certificate for the car and it really is dark green. Also
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00754.html (8,409 bytes)
- 2. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: GMari58175@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:36:06 EDT
- << I want to use PPG products to paint the car. My plan is to go down to my local suplier and have him mix up batches using the original formulas until I get a match for the sample I have. Kinda like
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00767.html (8,002 bytes)
- 3. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 22:27:14 EDT
- Our local NAPA store has a computer that, when its probe is held against the paint, will calculate the formula and exactly match thepaint. I have never seen this work, but the paint salesman who uses
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00778.html (7,721 bytes)
- 4. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Lancer7676@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 06:36:45 EDT
- The NAPA store in question is in Clinton, TN. I will call David (another David) today and get the particulars. He taught the Auto body class I took inthe Spring and was talking about how to match au
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00791.html (7,785 bytes)
- 5. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: GMari58175@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 07:06:40 EDT
- << Our local NAPA store has a computer that, when its probe is held against the paint, will calculate the formula and exactly match thepaint. I have never seen this work, but the paint salesman who u
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00793.html (7,948 bytes)
- 6. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:24:47 EDT
- Kinda off topic. I've not seen one used for automotive paint, but I can testify to the accuracy of one used for matching colors in house paint -- from a piece of tree bark. My father spent his spare
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00800.html (9,286 bytes)
- 7. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Thornton <bthor@master.adams.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 08:25:58 -0400
- PPG has a spectrometer called the prophet. The prophet analyzes the colour swatch that you have and then develops a custom paint code to match. I used this process to come up with a formula for Iris
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00804.html (9,538 bytes)
- 8. RE: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Daniel Thompson <dthompson@gbc.ca>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:24:50 -0400
- Poor little defenseless Bambi!! How could you? Daniel Kinda off topic. I've not seen one used for automotive paint, but I can testify to the accuracy of one used for matching colors in house paint --
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00816.html (9,659 bytes)
- 9. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:59:05 -0400
- George is right on again. I had to bring in the whole boot (trunk) lid from a "Tundra Green" Midget so they could computer match the color. Close but not perfect. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ Lots
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00840.html (8,442 bytes)
- 10. Re: paint matching (score: 1)
- Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory)
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 00:13:14 -0400 (EDT)
- Why didn't you guys just use the paint codes in Lindsay Porter's book? That's how the paint shop mixed up BL's Teal Blue for my '74. -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you ha
- /html/spridgets/1998-09/msg00883.html (8,529 bytes)
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