Paint matching and buying

[baron von greenback]

Does anyone know how to identify proper paint colours and were to buy in small amounts for touch ups thanks

 

[Scott-S]

I used an app on my phone called Colour Tool (do it in daylight), it got me almost perfectly to the right shade of black and a bit of t-cut blended it perfectly

 

[novocaine]

Paint shop ask for them to spec* it.

*spectrometer

 

[baron von greenback]

Ok cheers that spetrometer would b and q have one don't have a paint shop ok scotts have you tried that on a paint job like a Klein were its got flake and stuff cheers

 

[Scott-S]

Sorry @baron von greenback it was on a bog standard early 1991 black Kona frame, for metallic you will probably need to have it spec'd at a car accident repair/ paint shop as novocaine suggested.. t-cut can work wonders on basic colours but not so much on the posher finishes like metallic

 

[baron von greenback]

Ok mate thanks

 

[Tootyred]

Take the frame into boots and look along the nail varnish counter...

 

[novocaine]

Ok cheers that spetrometer would b and q have one don't have a paint shop ok scotts have you tried that on a paint job like a Klein were its got flake and stuff cheers

whilst the answer is yes, they won't have access to paint codes you need and they won't give you the overall makeup of the colour where as a car paint shop will.

 

[novocaine]

Take the frame into boots and look along the nail varnish counter...

been there, done that.

 

[Tootyred]

Me too...