What's the best paint suppliers / factors that has an eye for matching colours?

ThreeBlindMice

I'm looking for a particular straight red colour (Non Metallic) for a classic but don't have a code. Can anyone recommend anyone that has a good eye for matching with a colour card? Pref South Dublin.

serious3

google the car and paint colour/year etc, you should be able to get a RAL number which any paint supplier will be able to match. what car is it?

OldmanMondeo

Try City Autos on the Greenhills road, Walkinstown. They mix all paint there.

ThreeBlindMice

serious3 wrote: »

google the car and paint colour/year etc, you should be able to get a RAL number which any paint supplier will be able to match. what car is it?

Its actually a classic push bike, don't have the original paint code. Need someone with a good eye for matching colours.

colm_mcm

Have you any pics of the bike as it should look?

dgt

P&R wholesale has mixed any of my most recent requests

Example: Here's a Marea wing sprayed in 483/A, a clear over base job that required a base blue, then the actual metallic paint with 2 coats of laquer



No waterbase nonsense on this van

The paint is De Beers, Givran also mixed paint for us, smoke silver and it looks pretty damn good

Big Nasty

Vinny Byrne Paint have a yoke like a camera that they put over the paint and will give you an exact match. You don't even need to bring the bike to them - just a good sized chip of paint.

Wheres My ForkandKnife

+1 for Vinny Byrne's.Have bought there before and its always been a perfect match.Matching by eye is not the way to go.

ThreeBlindMice

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Vinny Byrne Paint have a yoke like a camera that they put over the paint and will give you an exact match. You don't even need to bring the bike to them - just a good sized chip of paint.

Cheers. ill bring it in to him.

Where is the best place?

He has a few branches.

I am not going to chip paint off my bicycle. :mad:

Wheres My ForkandKnife

Kylemore Road.You would be better off bringing in the bike anyway rather than a chip.I assume you are going to buy primer and sandpaper so your old paint will be gone anyway unless you are just touching it up.

ThreeBlindMice

Wheres My ForkandKnife wrote: »

Kylemore Road.You would be better off bringing in the bike anyway rather than a chip.I assume you are going to buy primer and sandpaper so your old paint will be gone anyway unless you are just touching it up.

Ill bring the bike, its just to touch up a few deep scratches, touch up brush fine, wouldn't bother priming it. If its 2K paint I will have to get hardener.

Thanks.