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Re: Paint matching

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Paint matching
From: msecres@ibm.net
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:21:33 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <ED6996BA8DFED011806C0020AF0C71FA312CA0@inchna.stir.ac.uk> <354E2BA0.FEB6EFD9@brit.ca>
Trevor Boicey wrote:
> 
> Gernot Vonhoegen wrote:
> >
> > I once had a midget in some shade of old english white. I never got a
> > colour to match. White is about the worst colour to match. Take the
> > chance, it will save you about a zillion car washs, white is also the
> > worst colour to keep reasonably clean. Spray it in a colour that makes
> > the car look good.
> 
>   Worth mentioning however, white is also the colour that best hides
> defects in the body. It is sometimes incredible how large dents and
> waves simply disappear from a few feet away when the car is white.
> 
> --
> Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
> tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> [ Seeking some miscellaneous MG parts, see the list on the web page... ]

And hey, if my truth be told, my GT6 looks great in white.  So did that
TR4 that won first in its class at "Britain on the Green" in Alexandria,
VA, two weeks ago.

--
Martin Secrest
73 GT6 (white)
74 Spitfire (not white)

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