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rossdanialnaumov - April 1st, 2011 at 03:50 PM

Hello,

I have a 1970 kombi panel van. I am trying to match the original paint which is a very light blue. Here is a image of behind the dash. It looks to be a light blue but in some lights it'a almost a white... Does anyone know the name of this colour?

Thanks!

Sides - April 1st, 2011 at 04:38 PM

Have you spoken to the paint supplier yet ???

Last time I ried to get paint matched it was just a case of getting the paint supplier to look it up in their system.

They'd also usually have a book of swatches you can compare to the car... inside of the fuel filler door works pretty well for that if it's not drivable.

:tu:

1303Steve - April 1st, 2011 at 05:07 PM

Hi

Is it definitely a 1970 model? The blue might Space blue (1970), Pastel blue (1971), Regatta blue (1971&72) or Flipper blue 1973.

Up under the dash you will usually find unfaded paint, useful if the car is mobile.

Steve

helbus - April 1st, 2011 at 05:11 PM

Most paint suppliers have a spectrometer. They spectro your paint, and the system will find any colours on their system that are the same'ish. Same method as using cards, but allows you to get a modern version of an old colour. 1970 colours are not really matchable anymore. Paint has no lead in it now, and it used to be up to 30% lead. You remove one of the main lead oxide colour components of old colours, and it is simply not able to be matched 100% anymore. I deal with it on a daily basis.

Aspro - April 1st, 2011 at 07:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by helbus
Most paint suppliers have a spectrometer. They spectro your paint, and the system will find any colours on their system that are the same'ish. Same method as using cards, but allows you to get a modern version of an old colour. 1970 colours are not really matchable anymore. Paint has no lead in it now, and it used to be up to 30% lead. You remove one of the main lead oxide colour components of old colours, and it is simply not able to be matched 100% anymore. I deal with it on a daily basis.


In saying that, a colour match by a decent painter will be better than going off a colour code.

helbus - April 1st, 2011 at 09:26 PM

The trouble is not the painters. It is the absence of the lead oxide tinters. We have two painters at work that are real good, and can make colours from scratch. They go mad and insane when an older 60's, 70's lead based colour is to be matched, and there is no tinter available now to make the colour. It just does not exist, and cannot be made.

rossdanialnaumov - April 2nd, 2011 at 02:52 PM

Yes i have spoken to a paint shop and they said the same thing as helbus. I don't need an identical match, just something close. Here is a image of behind the dash. It looks to be a light blue but in some lights it'a almost a white... Does anyone know the name of this colour?

sikras - April 4th, 2011 at 02:40 PM

im a painter myself, if youre having trouble finding the name or code, i would agree with the rest of the comments that your best bet will be is to go and get those paint swatches and match it with that . Most likely the swatch matched would be a VW colour. Its happened to me so many times.

jeremyluke - April 4th, 2011 at 02:46 PM

Try this site and put in make and year model

http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/ 

Joel - April 4th, 2011 at 06:42 PM

Must be 2 threads on this, it was diamond blue.

Scratch - April 6th, 2011 at 02:37 PM

What type of paint are you going to spray the van? My square has original paint (enamel? not sure) also and i'd like to do an acrylic. Are you going 2K?

rossdanialnaumov - April 13th, 2011 at 02:06 PM

I am only doing it in enamel. At this stage i'm doing the cab floor and door jams :)