General Rattle can paint

[jkk114l]

Hi all, quick question. Where's best/cheapest for a coulor matched rattle can of paint? I'm looking for Dry Turquoise 04 plate.

 

[A3jeroen]

Paul (love500) always mentions paints4you.

gr J

 

[jrkitching]

Hi all, quick question. Where's best/cheapest for a colour matched rattle can of paint

The best won't be the cheapest, and the cheapest won't be the best. You need to decide which is more important to you.

The paint will very likely have faded on a car that's twenty years old, so if you just order by colour code, it may not be a great match, and different panels on the car may not now be exactly the same shade. If getting the best possible match is important to you, take the car with you to a good automotive paint factor, and they will mix the paint to match the shade it is now and put it in rattle cans, though you may have to pay a little extra for this service.

 

[The Panda Nut]

My local paint factors mix to order and have always managed a good match for about £17 a can but these are bigger than the Halfords variety .

 

[koalar]

I can't recommend a paint supplier but if you are buying online watch the can size

150ml
400ml
500ml

So you are comparing like for like

 

[koalar]

Best is subjective

Once done it will need sealing

If you want hard-wearing ,2K lacquer was always the way to go, not cheap, there's a button on the bottom of the can to add in the hardener

Not healthy to breath in

I don't know if there's any alternatives now


Had a green Punto that was odd, it was blue paint, blue on the V5C document, but a yellow lacquer to make it green

 

[Yolanda]

The best won't be the cheapest, and the cheapest won't be the best. You need to decide which is more important to you.

The paint will very likely have faded on a car that's twenty years old, so if you just order by colour code, it may not be a great match, and different panels on the car may not now be exactly the same shade. If getting the best possible match is important to you, take the car with you to a good automotive paint factor, and they will mix the paint to match the shade it is now and put it in rattle cans, though you may have to pay a little extra for this service.

Absolutely, there's a good one local to me. They note the paint code then come out with sample cards (for the want of a better word) to get the best match. Fortunately, my paint isn't metalic so they did a can of gloss which did away with the need of a tin of clear coat.