![]() Although we don’t let the paint leave until it has matched the pattern, still check the colour to where you are painting.Therefore if you do not stir the paint you will not get the right colour. Stir the paint thoroughly, we stir and shake the paint but over time it will seperate, heavier pigments will sink to the bottom.Provide us with as much information you can:.When sending via courier, insure the delivery, and put it in protective packaging.Provide a sample that will be in the same location as you are painting, we match to the sample and if this doesn’t match to the area you are painting, the colour will not match.Making sure you obtain the correct colour. Therefore tell us if the colour will be viewed under a lighting other than outside, for example if the car will be viewed indoors at a show. Colours such as Reds, Oranges and Yellows appear one shade indoors and then a completely different shade outside due to different light sources. Therefore it is important when supplying patterns to us that you provide something that is in the same location as where you are painting, if we receive a petrol flap and match the colour to this but you are painting the other side of the car (which could be a different shade) then the colour we provide will not match that side of the car!Īlso be aware of metamerics. Therefore it is best to do this before sending us a pattern.Īnother reason for a variation from the original colour is if the car has been painted before due to an accident, you may not notice at first but one side of your car could be slightly different to another side. Even compounding the car will restore to a point the original colour. Over many years cars will also have ‘weathered’ due to exposure to uv rays, lack of cleaning and being exposed in general to our harsh road environment, therefore the colour code will only give us a starting point and then we will have to tint to get a better match. ![]() The paint supplied to the plastic painters can differ to the paint used on the shell due to it being a different type of product. You will also notice that bumpers are invariably a different colour to the main body of the car, one of the causes of this is the bumpers and other plastic parts are painted separately from the shell, this is due to the shell of the car having to be baked at a high temperature that would destroy any plastic on the vehicle. One of the main reasons these colours vary is that most car manufacturers source their paint from several paint suppliers, this paint should match to the car manufacturers standard but invariably it drifts in shade, close enough for all the cars to look the same in a car park but not close enough for one shade of refinish paint to suffice. These slight differences of shade make it essential that the right variant is identified before spraying the vehicle. Virtually every car colour on the road has variations, for example Ford Moondust an extremely popular colour has at least 5 variants. Why the need to colour match? Why not order from the paint code? Variations. ![]() This spectrophotometer lets us find closer matches in our database, speeding up and reducing the cost of the process. New technologies such as the X-Rite MA-5 Spectrophotometer allow CCS to further extend our capabilities in colour matching. At CCS we don’t just colour match vehicle panels, we match any object such as pieces of furniture (wood or leather), shop fronts, machinery, toy models, gym equipment, valuable antiques and we even had to match a toilet seat! (Make sure it’s clean before sending!). ![]() Our colour matchers have years of experience and have come across every known problem, as you will see from the information below, it is not just as simple as matching to a pattern as it involves other factors. In these circumstances we have to produce a unique formula, either by us or a manufacturer’s lab. We have colour formulations for most manufacturers reaching back to the 1950s, unfortunately these old vehicles have either been previously painted or the colour has faded away from the original shade. To order a colour to be matched please click here. It is a time consuming process and takes a lot of experience and a trained eye to distinguish the very subtle variations in a colour. Our colour matching background, and information on the process.Īt Car Colour Services we have access to over 130,000 car colour formulations dating back to the 1950s.Ĭolour Matching is the most important part of our service and the one we have a great reputation for. ![]()
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