In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Suzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> >> Alternatively, I could >> >> chip a bit of paint off the wheels of my new 1963 Herald and send it to >> >> you for computer colour matching. Any use? >> >> > >> >How could you possibly suggest chipping away at your Herald! I hope the >poor >> >dear is far enough out of earshot not to have it's feelings hurt :o) >> >> Her poor wheels had been fitted with full-diameter hub-caps off a Ford >> Zephyr, the retaining clips of which have badly damaged the paintwork on >> them. That being the case, there are plenty of little chips of paint >> flaking off that could be rescued and sent to you for analysis. After >> all, its all got to come off before I get them repainted, and it >> wouldn't hurt to use the right colour paint to do it! (Though it may >> seem madness, there's method in't!) >> > >Ok, Michael, I think I can let you off after that explanation, think maybe >the Herald will too :o)
I'm glad to hear it. :-) > >Although I like the idea of bring Sybil back to as original a state as >possible I don't somehow think I'd be wanting to go to quite that extreme >though it may be that someone has the facilities to do so easily and may >take you up on the idea of analysing some paint chips - Most commercial paint suppliers now do this as a matter of course - and make the paint up to match the original sample. > Alternately, someone >else may have already done the research and can suggest a specific shade/can >from Halfords etc to make things easier for the rest of us. You'll have seen >that on the Herald list it's been suggested that the wheels had originally >been done in Spa White but I don't know how easy (not being into the >intricacies of paints & spraying myself) it is to come up with a current >product from just the original paint name. Nor do I. I would guess that it is impossible, but I've been wrong before... > >> >It's just that Guy had the feeling >> >that the shade of the wheels didn't exactly match the whites used on the >car >> >bodies at that time and I hoped to find confirmation or otherwise fo >that. >> >> Interesting thought. He may be right. The wheels do seem a little >> darker than the bodywork, but this is possibly because they have had >> years of road grime building up under those Ford hub-caps, which is now >> ingrained into the surface of the paint. >> > >Of course, it may be that the answer is that simple after all and that it >was the same shade as the bodies. I wonder if anyone will ever come up with >the definitive answer. With all the experts that we have on these lists? I'd say it was guaranteed! ATB -- Mike Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea" http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
