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[SMP]

The mini Sky is white. However it has been resprayed and despite the chap I bought it off promising to find me the paint code he never did.

I'm not sure - but I believe the current white is slightly less white i.e a bit creamier - than I remember the original Sky and Rose to be. The current colour doesn't seem to be creamy enough for Old English.

Took the bonnet to Morleys in Derby and they put some type of meter on the paint to work out what colour it is. However at this point they advise that this process works very well for 2K but they have to find something to cross match against in cellulose.

So then we end up looking at colour swatches. We find something close and they mix up half a litre. They could have done 0.25 litre but I was hopeful it would be ok.

Anyway am getting close to spraying and decides to dob a bit of the matched paint on the wing. It seems far too white.

Have had a look on the receipt and it turns out they have given me a Fiat white. Doesn't matter if it were close but I do wonder if the previous owners restorers / garage would have tried to find a Rover or Leyland white rather than going to a different car makers colour.

Of course it's bank holiday so can't go anywhere else to get some paint till tuesday.

What's everybody else's experience with paint matching - white. I'm going to have another go with a paint supplier in Nottingham - and will buy a smaller quantity this time.

I think I'll go and have a look at the door bins - I doubt they were resprayed - perhaps I can convince myself to have a go with the paint code from original - if I can find it.

Cheers
Steve

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[AVV IT]

White minis from the mid eighties to the mid nineties tended to be finished in "White Diamond" (paint code NMN), as opposed to Old English White. Although I believe that this was replaced by a slightly different colour known as White "Diamond 2" (with a different paint code) on later 90's models. There should be a paint code on the plate under the bonnet to confirm which yours was painted with originally.

[JonnyBMX]

could you not just spray it up in 2 pack then?

[SMP]

Thanks for the replies.

I'll have a look for the code on the original plate and also compare it to the NMN.

I could spray it in 2 pack - but this is just a touch up at home with the car half in / half out the garage. I don't want to poison myself, the family or neighbours so I 'll stick with celly.

Looking at the door bins they seem to be the same colour as the rest (exterior) of the car so I'm hoping that I was trying to be too clever and the original paint code will get me close enough.

Regards
Steve

[JonnyBMX]

ahh thats fair enough m8 2 pack is nasty stuff haha! good luck with it :)

[SMP]

Not much progress today on the paint front - Nottingham paint shop was closed - must have been having an extra day off like me!

Went into Halfords (should've known better I know - but needed a touch up kit for the Passat CC because some kind g*t scraped it whilst parked). That's also white!

Anyway - got some touch up for the passat and also thought I would risk a Rover White Diamond touch up kit - nothing to lose except about £9!

Took them both home (the passat candy white and the rover white diamond)and dobbed a bit on the mini bonnet.

The Rover white is a country mile out - I would say it was creamier (browner) than snowberry white ! The passat white was a lot closer - but too grey. I'm thinking that the Halfords match on the Rover White Diamond was rubbish - probably no where near what it was supposed to be. The Passat colour was quite good on the VW - so managed to achieve something today!

Looked on the plate on the mini for the paint code - it showed RWT. Turns out this is not a single colour (remember the Sky has the pretty blue roof) but is a combo of NMN (as advised) and JQN - which must be the blue. Found this out at the following link - very useful - will offer this up to the mods for posting on the mini colours thread:-

http://miniscene-unt...Color_Codes.pdf

Cheers
Steve