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Title: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: thatwillis on 10 September 2011, 15:39

So it turns out that the halfords stuff is a terrible match..  :laugh: I used the premixed stuff. Is the stuff they mix in store better?

So can anyone else recommend somewhere better?

Cheers

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: bullens on 10 September 2011, 16:35

find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: thatwillis on 10 September 2011, 19:34

Quote from: bullens on 10 September 2011, 16:35

find a local paint/bodyshop suppliers

Would they normally be able to mix up rattle cans as well? I thought they only did tins.

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: brett on 10 September 2011, 21:01

cant you get it from local vw dealers ?,thats what i was hoping to do

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: dom on 10 September 2011, 21:25

A dealers should be able to mix some up for you. I also found the halfords off the shelf cans a pretty poor match, the stuff they mix up in store is much better, although almost twice the price :shocked:

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: bullens on 11 September 2011, 00:42

Quote from: thatwillis on 10 September 2011, 19:34

I thought they only did tins.

nope, pretty much all of them will do cans

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: thatwillis on 23 September 2011, 19:11

For anyone else wondering this the pre mix stuff in halfords is sh!tT  :laugh: I used it and the match was terrible. I ended up going to the paint co in hayes and they sorted me out with a wicked match!  :cool:

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: freakyeke on 23 September 2011, 21:19

Halfords paint is a poor match, whether that's the pre-mixed or mixed on site.

Go to your local dealer for rattle cans and touch-up pens, they are much better than the Halfords stuff.

If it's a big panel, get your local body shop to spray it as they may be able to match paint which has faded etc.

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: s-l-i-x on 23 September 2011, 23:40

Quote from: freakyeke on 23 September 2011, 21:19

Halfords paint is a poor match, whether that's the pre-mixed or mixed on site.

Go to your local dealer for rattle cans and touch-up pens, they are much better than the Halfords stuff.

If it's a big panel, get your local body shop to spray it as they may be able to match paint which has faded etc.

Thats the main problem, where the paint has faded as the mk4 is 10-12 years old its not going to be exact. As said best thing is to go to a body shop where they can get the grade from the car paint and match it the best they can.

Title: Re: Rattle Can Paint match??
Post by: Codell on 25 September 2011, 10:25

just to add my two penneth, due to having a red mk3 my paint is nigh on impossible to match, but what i noticed when using any rattle can is that if you use white, grey or red primer each will give you a slightly different shade of the colour your spraying, so my advise is to get a bit of test metal and try the 3 different primers to see what gives you the closest match. hope this might help someone?