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Painting my squarebacks roof white (need Advice)
Petey - January 15th, 2008 at 06:34 PM

Hi there,

I have decided to paint the roof of my squareback an off white/cream colour but I'm not sure exactly the details or codes for a good colour, is there a good standard off white/cream colour code out there.
It's just that last time they wanted a bit off the car to get the colour right but as there is no white on there already i can't really do that.

Thanks
Pete


Dasdubber - January 29th, 2008 at 01:41 PM

Depends on how crisp you want the white.

I recently painted the roof of my mate's kombi in L90D Cloud White - you can get this in either two pack (base coat, with clear coat over like I used)....or acrylic urethane which does not require clear over the top. Some colours like the beige (savannah) on this bus couldn't be ordered in two pack, but in this instance I applied clear over the top in readiness for colour sanding.

This white is quite creamy - if you want something a lot 'cleaner' or crisper, you may want to go with another colour (maybe lotus white - that is still not a really bright white though).
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/Dasdubber/Jan10roof4.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c353/surfncam/IMG_2755.jpg

Sorry the pics aren't too clear of the colour.
Alan