touch up colours?

[paddy t]

hi there,
i m trying to find the right colour spray paint for my bike , i ve used the search on here , and also tried downloading the colour chart put on by stu on the original page , but computer seems to go pearshaped everytime i try !!
i spent about an hour going through a halfords mix and match chart , and ended up with a colour which looked the same , untill i put it on the bike ... . help !!!!!

[DarrenSV650S]

I got some spray cans and a touch-up bottle from these guys and the colour match is perfect. Just tell them your standard paint code if that's what you're after

http://www.bike-paint.co.uk/

[paddy t]

sounds good , sorry to sound a complete Homer Simpson , but any idea where i d get the paint code from ?

[Anthropomorphic]

You should find it in the manual if you have it.

[Geodude]

Might be on a sticker under the tank.

[paddy t]

manual ..hahahaha,that would be nice,................sorry def didn t mean that funny :) i ll have a look under tank ......thanks , let you know tomorrow ...

[keith_d]

One thing to watch out for, most of the candy colours are three layer.

Silver base, transparent colour, then clear lacquer. This makes them a bugger to match because you have to get the colour layer just the right thickness or you end up with different shades. Usually that means spraying the colour a little too thick, cutting it back very carefully until it matches then accidentally going through to the base coat by mistake so you have to start all over again. :smt076

Definitely worth a couple of test runs on a piece of scrap before you go near your bike.

Keith.

[DarrenSV650S]

They have most of the standard paint codes on the site

[paddy t]

oh God , think i m going to put me head in a bucket , and buy a tank cover ....

[DarrenSV650S]

I'm guessing yours will be Candy Grand Blue YC2. Bike-Paint code 4997

[leebex]

Where in essex are you paddy t, I bought some 200ml rattle cans from Gramic paint suppliers in colchester yesterday, £11 each, but just gave them the Y9H code for my sv and they mixed it while I waited.

Keith, paint supplier I used said the required base was white not silver, so far done the white, and yellow and they look pretty close already, just the gold opaquey pearl, then clear to go.

[curvy custard]

r u target plants low loader driver

[paddy t]

now thats spooky , yea i am how d u know that ??????

[paddy t]

must be the profile pic , yea !

[radicalry00]

St Helen's Autopaints are very good. £6.99 for a 400ml aerosol in any colour:

http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=21

Halfrauds charge something like £14 for a 200ml can if I remember right?

You just give them the manufacturers paint code. I've ordered from them for my car and bike and the colour match has been spot on. Delivery only takes a couple of days too.

[leebex]

thats cheap, although i was in that want it now frame of mind sat morning :p:p

[curvy custard]

yeah the profile pic lol. ive seen the truck driving round before and recognised it in your pic