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[Burnard]

Sorry but that did make me laugh. There are at least 12 Leyland British Racing Greens, several of which were used on the Mini. It doesn't just come down to the paint type. There are several Diamond Whites too from many different companies as it's a popular name. I believe that the Leyland Flame Red name covers more shades than any other paint, including black. When you buy paint, buy it by the code not the name.

Ahh, i asked the guy at the counter, and gave him the paint code, he then went and found the exact can i needed, and mixed some paint up for me (i had a few touch up area's i needed to do, which i cant do with the gun) The 2 paints were completly different shades, that said the one for the gun is a very close match, but still not perfect.

ive seen the system they use for the paints and it is a table of how much of each colour and tone of the paint to put in to get your colour. dont be miss led by the advert that is on dave all the time. where the guy walks in and said "i need some red paint for my car"
shop guy replys "oh that will be flame red then" it doesnt work like that

I think you will find they took that off, because it IS faulse advertisement, and they can be sued for it.
(i tried it, then had a go at the guy in my local, bunch of dinlo's anyway! the guys in the bike hut know more about cars that the rest.)

Chris

[kgb]

General rule of thumb is dont trust any thing/one from halfords.

[scrumpymini]

General rule of thumb is dont trust any thing/one from halfords.

Now now now how can you say that when they sell big stereos, fluffy dice and big wide wheels and all of their stuff is only twice the price of anywhere else.
What a top shop it is
Oh and if you work at Halfrauds you get a nice black and orange outfit to show all your mates at MD.

Sorry I will get my coat.

[Joloke08]

I still use Halfords for an emergency and for primer,Etch primer,satin black etc etc but will only go to a Proper Paint Factors for Colour Coat
Though i appreciate that paint weathers and Boris is nearly 14 years old the paint under his carpet and in the boot has never seen the light of day and hasnt faded,nevertheless the apparently exact paint for Boris correct Code didnt even match that!

So in that case you cannot blame weathering as paint inside the boot and under the carpets doesnt weather
Im not blaming Halfords staff though they only sell it not mix it

though they did sell me speakers that where an exact fit for the original holes in the rear parcel shelf
But they were Too Bigg for the Holes

At least "Stevie Wonder" is happlily mixing Paint These days instead of singing an aweful din!

Huggz
Jodie

Edited by Joloke08, 27 April 2009 - 07:28 PM.

[monkey]

Thats just a temporary tidy up after that its another DIY paint job using a fence sprayer type thingy

what the hell? never heard of fence sprayers being used before? How well do they work for car paint?! Im intrigued now!

[Joloke08]

Thats just a temporary tidy up after that its another DIY paint job using a fence sprayer type thingy

what the hell? never heard of fence sprayers being used before? How well do they work for car paint?! Im intrigued now!

HVLP
its not just for fence spraying though thats what you tend to see them used for on the pakaging.
You can get some really cheap ones for around £30ish but id recomend you spend a bit more the one im going for is by Earlex and available at Argos and a few other places for around £73-75 there is an even more proffesional one they do for around £200 though ill be quite happy with this one

http://www.argos.co....s...001&go.y=11

there was somebody else on here used one and the finsh was Fabb i think it was TheDoobz if anybody else knows?

I wouldnt want to do a big car with one of these but for a Mini they are ideal
Im not saying proper compressors are no good they are but as i dont have the space to store one these HVLP turbine spray stations are brilliant for my needs

When i do that paintjob on Boris ill post up a thread for everybody to see the results

Huggz
Jodie

[Burnard]

I use a £12 fence sprayer from screwfix, it is shockingly bad, but it gets the job done.

[monkey]

Thats just a temporary tidy up after that its another DIY paint job using a fence sprayer type thingy

what the hell? never heard of fence sprayers being used before? How well do they work for car paint?! Im intrigued now!

HVLP
its not just for fence spraying though thats what you tend to see them used for on the pakaging.
You can get some really cheap ones for around £30ish but id recomend you spend a bit more the one im going for is by Earlex and available at Argos and a few other places for around £73-75 there is an even more proffesional one they do for around £200 though ill be quite happy with this one

http://www.argos.co....s...001&go.y=11

there was somebody else on here used one and the finsh was Fabb i think it was TheDoobz if anybody else knows?

I wouldnt want to do a big car with one of these but for a Mini they are ideal
Im not saying proper compressors are no good they are but as i dont have the space to store one these HVLP turbine spray stations are brilliant for my needs

When i do that paintjob on Boris ill post up a thread for everybody to see the results

Huggz
Jodie

Cheers for that! It actually makes alot more sense now! I'm along way off spraying mine atm, but if/when i get there, I will look into these again! Look forward to you thread on your re-spray!

[spiguy]

Sorry but that did make me laugh. There are at least 12 Leyland British Racing Greens, several of which were used on the Mini. It doesn't just come down to the paint type. There are several Diamond Whites too from many different companies as it's a popular name. I believe that the Leyland Flame Red name covers more shades than any other paint, including black. When you buy paint, buy it by the code not the name.

Ahh, i asked the guy at the counter, and gave him the paint code, he then went and found the exact can i needed, and mixed some paint up for me (i had a few touch up area's i needed to do, which i cant do with the gun) The 2 paints were completly different shades, that said the one for the gun is a very close match, but still not perfect.

ive seen the system they use for the paints and it is a table of how much of each colour and tone of the paint to put in to get your colour. dont be miss led by the advert that is on dave all the time. where the guy walks in and said "i need some red paint for my car"
shop guy replys "oh that will be flame red then" it doesnt work like that

I think you will find they took that off, because it IS faulse advertisement, and they can be sued for it.
(i tried it, then had a go at the guy in my local, bunch of dinlo's anyway! the guys in the bike hut know more about cars that the rest.)

Chris

Are you all saying that Halfrauds will mix up aerosol cans of paint if you give them your paint code? If so, I didn't know that...

[spiguy]

Thats just a temporary tidy up after that its another DIY paint job using a fence sprayer type thingy

what the hell? never heard of fence sprayers being used before? How well do they work for car paint?! Im intrigued now!

HVLP
its not just for fence spraying though thats what you tend to see them used for on the pakaging.
You can get some really cheap ones for around £30ish but id recomend you spend a bit more the one im going for is by Earlex and available at Argos and a few other places for around £73-75 there is an even more proffesional one they do for around £200 though ill be quite happy with this one

http://www.argos.co....s...001&go.y=11

there was somebody else on here used one and the finsh was Fabb i think it was TheDoobz if anybody else knows?

I wouldnt want to do a big car with one of these but for a Mini they are ideal
Im not saying proper compressors are no good they are but as i dont have the space to store one these HVLP turbine spray stations are brilliant for my needs

When i do that paintjob on Boris ill post up a thread for everybody to see the results

Huggz
Jodie

What type paint you using with that sprayer - cellulose? can you still get that OK?

[spiguy]

Well, mine is pre 1997 so it's BRG metallic. After that they changed to BRG pearlescent.

Sorry but that did make me laugh. There are at least 12 Leyland British Racing Greens, several of which were used on the Mini. It doesn't just come down to the paint type. There are several Diamond Whites too from many different companies as it's a popular name. I believe that the Leyland Flame Red name covers more shades than any other paint, including black. When you buy paint, buy it by the code not the name.

Of course there are different BRG's in the manufacturing history, and obviously buying from a paint suppliers using a paint code is the best way .. but I was talking about the match of Halfords cans, not that of paint bought from a paint suppliers to my paint code....

[Dan]

What Halfords have on the shelf as BRG will be one specific BRG and it says in the shop somewhere what paint code that relates to. If that's not the right one for your car then it doesn't matter that it's called BRG. Just because it's off the shelf paint doesn't mean it doesn't have a paint code.

[lon3_wo1f409]

I think you will find they took that off, because it IS faulse advertisement, and they can be sued for it.
(i tried it, then had a go at the guy in my local, bunch of dinlo's anyway! the guys in the bike hut know more about cars that the rest.)

Chris

im glad you said that because i work on bike hut and im always taking parts telephone calls, they are too lazy to answer the phone

Are you all saying that Halfrauds will mix up aerosol cans of paint if you give them your paint code? If so, I didn't know that...

yea they do i think its about £9 a can i am not completely sure though and the can does run out quick so use it carefuly i only work there for the discount for car parts thats worth it to me

Edited by lon3_wo1f409, 28 April 2009 - 07:56 PM.

[spiguy]

What Halfords have on the shelf as BRG will be one specific BRG and it says in the shop somewhere what paint code that relates to. If that's not the right one for your car then it doesn't matter that it's called BRG. Just because it's off the shelf paint doesn't mean it doesn't have a paint code.

OK, genuinely didn't know that. I just thought they stocked a generic colour. I'll need to look into that for interests sake, although I like the sound of the electric sprayer for future use - although I'm wondering what kinds of paint you can use with it.

Cheers
Craig

[minimat]

Did you see my post from april 14th,any paint experts out there?
Mine was on a honda but the same method applies the colour match is miles out, i should have spent a little extra and had it mixed at a proper paint factors.
Won't make that mistake again!