Which Paint??

[jello]

I'm in need of a little touch up paint. So I asked my local body shop buddy if he'd mix some and he will. The problem I have is the code to give him - I looked up info that says that until June 1991, ICI was used, and from June 1991 Du Pont was used. The transition VIN I found says M 8080, 8082, 8083,8086, 8088, 8091, 8100, 8103, to 8107, 8110 onwards. Well my car vin ends in 8093. I'm not sure which code to give them, or if it even makes a difference (is the color more or less identical - Iknow the touch up will not match exactly on a 15 yr old car).

Anybody know a definitive answer??

Phil Bates

[Sy V]

The way I understand this is that:

M 8080, 8082, 8083,8086, 8088, 8091, 8100, 8103, to 8107, were the trial cars during the transition from ICI to DuPont.

From 8110 onwards all cars were DuPont.

Yours therefore was built during the transition but sprayed with ICI.

[johnbenk]

Hi

DO NOT GO TO YOU LOCAL BODYSHOP

You need to go to a car paint supplier and get a small can of LECHLER BSB
BASE COAT. They will make you up an aerosol can for £10 The paint has to be MIXED and each part of the colour make up (blue,green. red, etc is done BY A COMPUTER PAINT MACHINE equal amounts are added by WEIGHT. Unless you local body shop has this type of COLOR MIXING machine You will end with the WRONG COLOUR.

THIS IS BASE COAT WHICH HAS TO COATED with a clear lacquer (single
pack) for small repairs.

You can "spray" basecoat to do a spot repair but it will dry dull. You then need to TOPCOAT which is the hard part as you have to "Fade out" the repair to blend in with the rest of the area.

You can a get a product in an aerosal form called "Blending Clear". This
is applied AFTER you have sprayed the clear lacquer.

What this does is BLEND IN any overspray of DRY COAT of lacquer that has oversparyed on to the original finish.

If you try and D/A both surfaces togther with a buffer you could end up cutting the old surface which you dont want.

The idea is Blend in the NEW AND OLD which can be done by your self
using the correct materials etc.

Hope this helps.;