How to match an unknown paint colour? - SV650.org

20-12-10, 06:42 PM

Does anyone have any idea how I can find the colour match of a paint that already on my bike tank?

Now if it was on a wall or a piece of fabric you just take it along to a Dulux colour shop and they'll stick it in a scanning machine and make the paint up there and then, in Emulsion or gloss. But can the same thing be done to bikes?

Its a really nice yellow and from bitter experience, using the caps in Halfords is useless. They stick the same label on every shade.

So how do I match it?

Cheers, C

20-12-10, 06:57 PM

Not sure but it is defo possible.

When I got the GP cowl sprayed for my bike the bloke who did it wasn't interested in the Suzuki colour code, he just said, "give me something off the bike the same colour".

The finish was amazing - Better than the bloody suzuki paint job.

He was a proper old school sprayer, one man band job!

andrewsmith · 20-12-10, 07:44 PM

Incase anyone is needing to see the colour

B i think its the import Yellow that appeared for a short while (Pearl Flash Yellow- Canada Spec paint http://www.rsbikepaint.com/en/shop-c...prod-year=2005)

and here is the Paint Codes (Alpha Sports Fische)

21-12-10, 01:13 AM

Thanks Andy, that looks pretty damn close!

I've just used RS bike paints to do a quick quote for what I'm thinking about doing and the paint alone is £580!!

So that'll be a no then!

Plan B

andrewsmith · 21-12-10, 09:35 AM

B I rate his bodyshop and he will sell paint for you to do yourself. A curvy bikini was £90.

http://www.jamespricemotorcycles.co.uk/

0191 523 7755

20-12-10, 06:42 PM	#1
Berlin Guest Posts: n/a	How to match an unknown paint colour? Does anyone have any idea how I can find the colour match of a paint that already on my bike tank? Now if it was on a wall or a piece of fabric you just take it along to a Dulux colour shop and they'll stick it in a scanning machine and make the paint up there and then, in Emulsion or gloss. But can the same thing be done to bikes? Its a really nice yellow and from bitter experience, using the caps in Halfords is useless. They stick the same label on every shade. So how do I match it? Cheers, C

20-12-10, 06:57 PM	#2
danf1234 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How to match an unknown paint colour? Not sure but it is defo possible. When I got the GP cowl sprayed for my bike the bloke who did it wasn't interested in the Suzuki colour code, he just said, "give me something off the bike the same colour". The finish was amazing - Better than the bloody suzuki paint job. He was a proper old school sprayer, one man band job!

20-12-10, 07:44 PM	#3
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: How to match an unknown paint colour? Incase anyone is needing to see the colour B i think its the import Yellow that appeared for a short while (Pearl Flash Yellow- Canada Spec paint http://www.rsbikepaint.com/en/shop-c...prod-year=2005) and here is the Paint Codes (Alpha Sports Fische) __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

21-12-10, 01:13 AM	#4
Berlin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: How to match an unknown paint colour? Thanks Andy, that looks pretty damn close! I've just used RS bike paints to do a quick quote for what I'm thinking about doing and the paint alone is £580!! So that'll be a no then! Plan B

21-12-10, 09:35 AM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: How to match an unknown paint colour? B I rate his bodyshop and he will sell paint for you to do yourself. A curvy bikini was £90. http://www.jamespricemotorcycles.co.uk/ 0191 523 7755 __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

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