Paint Matching??

corelon

Hi all, i have been searching for a place that will match the colour of my 71 Torino GT. Halfords are a waste of time! spent 30mins with them today getting a colour match !!!!!!! well lets just put it this way they are miles off matching it a blind person would have done a better job..
So my question is anyone know of a reliable place that might even get the right colour!!
Thanks

Abelloid

Any decent paint supplier will do it, where are you?

corelon

Thanks for reply.. im on the northside not far from blanch shopping centre..Any pointers would be great ..cheers

Abelloid

It's been a few years but Vinny Byrne's was the place to go to get paint,
I last called in with a petrol flap and got a perfect match, no problems

Vinny Byrne 8306695

He was just off the North Circular, at Dorset St.

mustang68

Vinney byrnes was also where i heard for mathcing, think there is one on the kylemore road too.

corelon

Hi all and thanks for the pointers.. All worked out brill went to them this morning and the did the job..still have to try it out but they seemed to know what they were doing... heres their details..as they arent in Dorset street anymore..

Vinny Byrne Limited, Unit 1 Westlink Industrial Estate, Kylemore Road, Dublin 10
Telephone: +353 1 626 3964 Fax: +353 1 626 1237 Email: larry@vinnybyrne.com

mustang68

How did they match the paint, did you bring the car, or a piece?!

corelon

i brought the car and they were looking to take something off it like a petrol cap or something but they finally brought swatches out and did it that way..SO cross fingers it will do the job...

mustang68

Did you get a tin of it made up? How much did it cost?

corelon

U know dude.. you could prob find out all these questions from them urself!!!I bought a few other things and didnt really look at receipt but i reckon it was a tin for about 14 euro..not really sure was just glad it seems to match... Hope details i posted help u...

corelon

RIGHT... Let me take back everything i have said....I have been back to them 2 times now and they still havent matched the colour correctly!!!!!!! So i have 2 go back tomorrow again.. Or has anyone any idea where the best place to go is???

green-blood

your a biut stuffed then, in all likelyhood you wonr be able to match exAcgtly you paint as its pretty much impossible to match what 25 years of weather has doen to the rest of you car

if VBs cant do it I doubt anyone can.

btw you really ned to sort this before jan1 when cellulose goes off the market

mustang68

green-blood wrote:

btw you really ned to sort this before jan1 when cellulose goes off the market

Whats all this about, should we be concerned about this?

MercMad

Yeah if Vinnie's cant match it nobody can !!

Is there not any part you can take off that is painted and give to them ? What about the bodycoloured door mirror?

Dont forget most paint shops can vary the shading themselves to match exactly !

corelon

Well ive been back to them again this morning and it turns out that the problem is that wahtever they used to mix the paint is a bad batch they reckon!!! It is mettalic paint so whatever it is they use to mix it... ANyway have to go back tomorrow and they will have it done up again.....

green-blood

mustang68 wrote:

Whats all this about, should we be concerned about this?

yes we should all be very worried about it. Celulose will be illegal to sell as of Jan 1, thinners and undercoat you can still get but not colour. So buy now if you need it, although I have no idea on shelf life.

its an eu directive. You will only really have Water based paints to go with from then, but WB paint needs heat and ventilation to cure, not something you can do in your lockup/garage/shed/driveway so we are rightly stuffed for cheap paint repairs.

mustang68

Does that mean that if I want to get the car painted that it will be more expensive next year to get a pro job, or do most pro places use WB paints anyway?

corelon

green-blood wrote:

yes we should all be very worried about it. Celulose will be illegal to sell as of Jan 1, thinners and undercoat you can still get but not colour. So buy now if you need it, although I have no idea on shelf life.

its an eu directive. You will only really have Water based paints to go with from then, but WB paint needs heat and ventilation to cure, not something you can do in your lockup/garage/shed/driveway so we are rightly stuffed for cheap paint repairs.

About Jan1st!!!
Was talking to Vinny Byrnes this morning and they confirmed one thing that they will not be able to sell Celulose paint in tins but they did say they would still be able to sell by spay can.Which they can make up any colour for...So not the end of the world!!!

green-blood

yeah, but try painting a large car with spray cans... not so great.

most "paint shops" now use WB paint anyway, but they charge for it and as we know they do not like taking on classic projects.

its gonna be a whole new world

TomMc

I always use www.PAINTSCRATCH.com - Although certain European Cars, not imported into the U.S. may present a problem. They are great for OEM colour matching.