For what it's worth.
Last year I had to get the lower half of my Tiger repainted (also BRG) due to
sticky tires throwing up gravel from my dirt road and seriously chipping the
paint. The excellent body shop I regularly use laughed up a storm because the
base they had to use to build my color was tractor paint. It's what I've heard
referred to as "shitty paint" - the stuff we used in the 60's.
They use a scanner on existing paint to get the color mix and have always
provided a seamless match for me, whether it's shitty paint or the new metallic
stuff. If you love the color you have on the first wife's Tiger, then I
recommend that you get the color scanned by a leading paint provider in your
area, and I would bet they can get you a match you can't tell the difference
on. It sounds like you won't be happy until you get that color....
BTW, I've been told by Norm that my BRG isn't quite the same as the original
Rootes color. It would be great if some group could document the scan codes of
the few remaining Tigers that are considered to be as close as possible to
original colors. In the future, and probably already today, it will be the
only way to reproduce the colors, and I'm afraid there are already few Tigers
out there with an authentic paint appearance...
Chris Thompson
Executive Vice President
Recognition Research, Inc.
1750 Kraft Dr. Suite 2000
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540.961.6500
540.961.3568/fax
cthompson@rrinc.com
www.rrinc.com
B382000331
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Laifman [SMTP:laifman@flash.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 8:32 PM
To: Chris Hill
Cc: Tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Ulysses
Chris,
Matching by "code" from a different manufacturer is getting what they consider
'close'. The actual book quotes such things as 'lighter', 'darker', etc. to
indicate that it is not exact. The exact formula was based upon enamel and the
pigment set that went with that carrier, anyway. I really don't think you want
an
enamel paint job, or that the original solvent formulation is legally obtainable
or spray able, anyway.
PPG makes some excellent paints, as do others, and most reputable automotive
paint
stores have color matching spectrometers which chooses from their own blends of
pigments, in whatever paint system type you want.
If you do not have a sample of the original color to scan, you can get a can of
the original enamel from Tower Paint, reported previously, for about $10. You
spray half a few checkerboard target cards from the paint dealer, and he scans
it,
makes a sample in his paint, and paints the other half. Easy to determine match
in any light.
Steve
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