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[jambos]

Can any one assit with paint codes?, I have discussed with the paint supplier and provided the codes for Smoke Grey and Old English White, he has advised that the OEW codes contain lead and he is unable to make it up, can anyone advise a paint code for OEW that I can provide him that is available today?

The samples for Smoke Grey are very Grey but looking at other cars they are Blueish.



Thanks for your help.

[Naughty 40]

Will ask son tomorrow ..........oooops today

[jambos]

Will ask son tomorrow ..........oooops today

Thanks

[minimuk]

not sure whether this might be of help WT.3 is the BMC code for OEW

[jambos]

Problem that I have is as follows:

Took the BMC paint code for Smoke Grey to local paint supplier code is BU.15, he mixed this up into a rattle can.
Once applied to a panel it is very Grey and not the blueish grey that I have seen on most pics.
I need to get someone with a recently sprayed Smoke Grey mini to get either the paint mix or get it analysed on a computer system to determine the mix.

Same goes for the Old English White.

Out here in Oz there are not many Mini's with those colours.

[Naughty 40]

Now do you know what paints you are using Dupont? or different?as all mixes will be different, as they will all be using different tinters to make up the mix

[jambos]

Now do you know what paints you are using Dupont? or different?as all mixes will be different, as they will all be using different tinters to make up the mix

Paint is Debeer, apparently blueish version of smoke grey is the UK version and Australian version is the more grey.

[Anomaly]

Here's some old colour cards I have, not sure it helps though...

[jambos]

Here's some old colour cards I have, not sure it helps though...

Thanks for that info, I will talk with my paint guy.

[surfblue63]

There's an excellent article here on BMC paint mixes from 1964.



http://mk1-performan...k/pdf/paint.pdf

The formula for Smoke Grey is as follows:

Smoke Grey
GRT.1 Light Grey … … … 63%
WTT.1 White … … … … . 22%
BUT.3 Light Blue … … … 8%
YLT.4 Pale Ochre … … … 7%

Edited by surfblue63, 19 April 2013 - 05:48 PM.

[Naughty 40]

But will still depend on what tinters his painter uses

[jambos]

Thanks everyone for your help, I guess it is going to be a case of getting something that is close to what samples and pictures show.

Will let you know how I get on

[black olive]

BU-15 smoke grey WT-3 old english white . was going to say try here http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/ but noticed you're in oz. Im sure any major car paint supplier can mix it. internet pictures of colours are very misleading, the only way is to try tester