[Tigers] Modern Paint Code

[Tony Somebody]

Hi Ron and Group- I was/am aware you need a place the paint is the color you
want to match. And after 35 or so years that might be a hard place to locate.
I thought Bugz mentioned he had a place uinder a hood hinge that was orginal.
How well it is preserved or after waxing, cleaning etc it is to orginal would
be the only chance the scanner would have of matching his orginal paint and of
course if it isnt close to what it was new, he wont get that paint. Not
knowing how good this spot of orginal was or is, I just posted my thoughts in
case it might help. . Perhaps a paint company, like Dupont UK would have
better records and again, thats just a thought as I have no ifea if Dupont
furnished paint to Rootes but it seems that the information from the country
of orgin would be easier to locate- If- that company still exists. Good luck
Bugz, I doubt Ive helped but Ive tried.
On a side note it was 74 degrees here in southern IL. yesterday. the Dairy
Queen was selling lots of ice cream- much to people with their tops down.
Winter is almost over here, even if its going to be 45 tomorrow. In 3 weeks it
will be time to rely on the soft top and clean and wax the hardtop well prior
to summer storage.I feel bvad for the people in Dallas who got to see snow,
eventho the number or wreckes wherebto to third power or more and its been so
cold in Fla. my family members have had to run the furnance several nights. Im
not sure how bad it was for you guys on the west coast but Im sure the AC will
soon be on day and night.
A safe day to all.
TtT

PS- I hope Rons info FIXES your paint problem Bugz.
--- On Thu, 3/11/10, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:


From: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
Subject: RE: [Tigers] Modern Paint Code
To: "'Tony Somebody'" <achd73 at yahoo.com>, "'Mark (GE Indust ConsInd)''Rense'"
<mark.rense at ge.com>, tigers at autox.team.net
Date: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 8:20 AM



Tony
    Yes those paint scanners work very well and most major paint shops have
them but you need a non faded patch of original paint for it to scan.
The paint patch you scan will be the paint mix you get.  Scan a faded or
contaminated patch will give you a paint mix for that shade not the original
paint mix.
 
The problem Bugz had, I believe, was the scan did not give a paint mix that
looked similar to the Ditzler number paint mix and he was seeking more
information.
 
He thinks the Dulux enamel number I sent him is something he can work with to
get the correct paint mix or at least a paint mix that matches the color he
wants.
 
Ron Fraser


-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Somebody [mailto:achd73 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 2:06 AM
To: Mark (GE Indust ConsInd)''Rense; tigers at autox.team.net;
rfraser at bluefrog.com
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Modern Paint Code






One of our local parts stores has a computerized WHAUCALLIT and they set it on
a section of the car you want to match and it mixes the paint to match that
swatch etc. I havent tried it but I have been told it worksmwell.
TtT