Colour Blind??

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 10:30 pm

I went out and bought some paint which dont seem to be the right colour...
Either that or it had the wrong lid on it...

^^ - What colour would you say that is?

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:34 pm

dragon green

R1CH · Post by **R1CH** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:37 pm

dragon green isnt it????????????

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:43 pm

yeah its dragon green... & thats the paint I bought...
But seems to be too dark... which made me think... wot fukin colour is the car then??
Might be alright after the 2nd coat... Maybe its just me.... iduno

cheers guys at least i know im not losing the plot...

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:24 am

looks like dragon green to me....

Ant_6n · Post by **Ant_6n** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:02 am

I'd say dragon green but the paint on your car would probably have faded a bit in the sun light, so it will be lighter.

AnT

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:16 am

Ant_6n wrote:I'd say dragon green but the paint on your car would probably have faded a bit in the sun light, so it will be lighter.

AnT

Jep, paint will fade in the sunlight, and will become a bit "lighter" then what it used to be, this explains the colourdifference you encountered. Visit your local bodyworks-repair-shop (with a spray-painter of course) and let then mix up a bit of the correct colour (the will be able to "mix" the colour a bit lighter, so you will have the correct colour)

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:39 pm

It might be lack of light... will take it outside to see if its any lighter...
I understand taht obviously the cars original colour has faded over the years...

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:31 pm

Well I had a lot of time to spare this week so I took some pics...
Pointless really... but here goes.

I started with my grille (which was black to start of with)

I then primed it (gray primer)

After that dried, I sprayed it.... twice....

Then the mesh was cut & fitted....
...I whacked it onto the car... and the finished product looks like this...

Overall Im not too happy & will probably be re-doing it when I can be bothered...

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:42 pm

there's an art to spraying

where did you get the paint from?

also, it looks too dark but did you laquer the top coat? this can help a lot

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:46 pm

Oh.. yeah... i finished it off with some clear laquer...

I got the paint from halfords... i went to vw and they didnt have any... said will have some in 3 weeks & i couldnt be bothere to wait...

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 1:52 pm

hmm that might be it! halfords can be rubbish.

when I sprayed my spoiler, it was dark until I got a "wet" coat of blue at the end. this involved making sure the surface of the spoiler was wet with paint in one go - rather than paint drying in stages. hard to explain.

then the laquer was done the same way - if it dries in stages rather than in one go it'll look darker. have you got a gloss finish?

JarnoVWPolo6N · Post by **JarnoVWPolo6N** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:23 pm

david burton wrote: halfords can be rubbish.

correction Halfors IS rubbish

I really recommend going to a local spraypaintshop, and let then mix up the right colour auto-lacker, then you'll be sure you've got the correct colour

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 2:29 pm

JarnoVWPolo6N wrote:
david burton wrote: halfords can be rubbish.
correction Halfors IS rubbish

I really recommend going to a local spraypaintshop, and let then mix up the right colour auto-lacker, then you'll be sure you've got the correct colour

That'll cost more than the grille tho & some more... lol

helios1 · Post by **helios1** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:48 pm

Ive got a mate who works in halfords, he mixed some paint for me especially (Memory red pearl) - works great! Had to fix some bodywork a lil while ago...