[Spridgets] BRG and modern paint codes

[Linda Grunthaner]

Frank which shop will scan and sell paint?
Lin


On 10/26/07, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Today I stopped by the auto body supply with a 1967 Sprite door in hand
> to see if they could match the green paint that was original on the
> inside of the door.
> But the paint was a bit hammered and the scanner didn't do much.
> So they looked up 1967 Sprite which came up 1967 BMC and the code
> translated to a green used up until 1983 on Rovers and Jaguars.
> BUT that BRG wasn't even close to my door, it was more of a Larry Macy
> 1500 Midget green which I am sure is "BRG".
> No matter what, everything kept coming up the same code and it was NOT
> close to my door color.
> So this may explain why the people in the primrose yellow bugeye saw my
> yellow bugeye and said WOW! You have the correct color!! There's was
> sort of soylent green. But they did all the research and had the paint
> code mixed to get a semi kawasaki greenish yellow Bugeye.
> I looked on the chart and picked 1972 Ford LTD yellow. It was close to
> what I wanted.
> So I also picked a color that was a dead match to my door, it is a fleet
> color and that chip is nothing like the "correct code chip" .
> So I think the major paint manufacturers sort of superceeded their color
> chips and charts.
> So watch what you ask for, look in the fleet chip books and pick what is
> the color YOU want, not what shows up on the computer or in the BMC book.
> I did not order my paint because I want to look at the paint chip in
> sunlight and match it against my door. It has been raining for about a
> week now, no sun.
> I am glad I did not order the paint by code and come back later to have
> 6 qts of the wrong color.
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> _______________________________________________
> grunthaner at gmail.com
>
> Edit your replies
>
> http://www.team.net/archive
>
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spridgets