Jeffds1360 Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 How was I to know that the BLMC Damson was not Triumph 17 Damson? Got my boot lid nicely prepared then rattle canned it. Only to find it was so much darker ! Stupidly I carried on to the door top. Boy, was that too much! I had thought my paint was just faded, but no.....wrong paint. Got some 17 and redid them. So much better. Needs a bit of 1200 and G3 to finish off. Hope I don't rub through to the 'undercoat' ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 I'm not sure paint code 17 was the same colour for every year, to be honest. However, my originally code 17 Spitfire has been resprayed in BLMC Damask (not Damson!!) and it's quite close to your original colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdv Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hi, Don't know if this will help but the car I bought was Damson but was not sure of the paint that was used. So took the boot to the local paint suppliers to match a paint for me. So far so good, I then asked them to mix me a can to touch up a small area, can ends up darker than what they had originaly mixed for me, it transpired that the accelerant in the can caused the paint to be darker. I bought a small spray gun and used that to paint any small bits that need doing. Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdv Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Hi, As non member says, I met a guy with a Damson Vitesse who had a bare metal respray and was talking about the colour difference and he said that there were two colours one darker than the other. By the way what a fantastic respray it was. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Well I must say that Paints4u were very good and a girl named Alison was very concerned for me and explained the post 1977/8 BL colour Damson WAS different to the 1970/71 Triumph 17 code. Sympathy got me no discounts off the £17 quid each cans though. Took 2 cans for the 'undercoat' on boot and two door tops, but only one can to finish off. 1 can spare and I've ordered some touch up too. Mind I think the PO has done some panels in different shades !!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Reminds me of a yellow Toyota that I once had. Through no fault of mine (I hasten to add) it needed various panels painting during my ownership. Looked vaguely ok in most light but under street lights, wow. Reminded me of one of those dairy trucks painted like a cow, but in shades of yellow. Trouble was, once you had seen the various shades under street light, you then noticed them more in the day and this was done by the same professional body shop over a couple of years. No amount of rubbing compound would bring them back to match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Badwolf said: Looked vaguely ok in most light but under street lights, wow. Reminded me of one of those dairy trucks painted like a cow, but in shades of yellow. My first Spitfire was like that. Looked ok in daylight but the orange streetlights really made it look patchwork. Re paint shades, I had Triumph White (code 19) mixed twice, it turned out nothing like the original (the guy in Halfords gave me 1/2 a litre in a little bottle about an inch high?), and one of the most recent aerosols from another Motor Factors was an ice-white like a fridge. I managed to get hold of four NOS Halfords aerosols form years past and they're a perfect match. The best way to match existing paint is definitely to take a panel (Herald grille surround is good) and have it scanned and matched by a professional paint company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Cheers Colin, I don't think I have a grill surround on the 13/60.?? The smallest removable bit is the boot lid..... and I've done that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 56 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: I don't think I have a grill surround on the 13/60. No, it's a 1200 thing. On the earlier bonnet design the grill was fixed to the chassis and separate from the bonnet, with a body-colour frame around it. 13/60 and Vitesse don't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 had the club get a colour match for my its not french blue 'french blue 2000 by sending the filler cap door as a sample heaven knows what it is but its not french anything close but tad lighter the spray cans supplied are spot on Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Sorry... Rob's correct. I was displaying grille-envy or whatever the term is. The bootlid is about the next best thing, you can't really walk in with a door under your arm, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 some factors the scan is mobile and can be done on the car suppose this needs a reliable lighting or the scan will be off colour is the only snag i can see Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 I think the paint scanner provides its' own light; the ones I've seen are pressed against the paintwork so all exterior light is excluded and it generates the code from a calibrated light source inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 in my time it was add a bit of this and a bit of that Ha !!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 Looks like a cunning plan to me to shift more of the dread left over Magenta! db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, dougbgt6 said: Looks like a cunning plan to me to shift more of the dread left over Magenta! db You got a problem with Magenta, mister? Scarlet isn't here to save you just now, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 My rear end looks so much better now. I do not want that high gloss look, prefer a solid paint job that shrugs off the elements:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted August 23, 2021 Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 thats a good result with a rattle can ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 🙇♂️ 1200, T cut and G3. By hand 4 layers mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted August 24, 2021 Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 35 minutes ago, Mathew said: Try and perfect a near non orange peel from the gun on the clear. Mathew - Was this one of your test projects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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