[Healeys] Paint Code Colors

[BJ8 Healeys]

I'm not an expert in paint, either, but it is my understanding based on what
I have heard that the ICI numbers have not been useful to people who wanted
to mix paint to a particular color, as opposed to picking a color from an
existing color chip.  What is actually used by painters for the mix is a
"formula" for a particular brand of paint that specifies X number of grams
of pigment A, Y number of grams of pigment B, etc. added to a base color.
That's why the formula varies depending on the brand of paint.  With
computer matching now, scanning a valid sample to be matched produces a
printout of the "formula" to achieve the match, but it's based on pigments
produced by a particular manufacturer.

I could be wrong, but that's how I understand it.  If I were looking for a
"correct" Healey Blue, I think I would at least start with Rich Chrysler's
numbers.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sims [mailto:ahbn6 at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 4:52 PM
To: 'BJ8 Healeys'; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Paint Code Colors

My earlier response was information from the Pikovnik book which was
copywrited in 1998 and published in 1999. I am not an expert in paint but
would the formula change from year to year? I am very familiar with PMS
coding for standard printing colors and paints used for signs and do know
that the same PMS numbers were used and given to a veritible plethora of
sign makers for my company's logos, signs, etc. in the 30 or so years that I
was involved in standardization.

John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
www.healey6.com