Rattle can Alpine white/Weiss codes
Posted: 10 Jul 2018, 15:45
Hi All
Blending and matching over-thirty year old white paint is not exactly fun.
Previously, when touching up the odd blemish Holts HWHI 14 has been a good match. A recent can, with the same code on lid and base of tin gave a distinctly 'apricot white' result. Back to the helpful spares guys - it seems that different codes for Holts alpine white apply, depending on year, so they gave me a tin of HWHI 08. Goldilocks time again - this one is a bit too white...
As the van is still wearing the original factory paint I would like to avoid entire panel resprays unless there is no alternative - even then the old thing deserves a good colour match...
Any one else experienced this? and how did you solve it?
Blending and matching over-thirty year old white paint is not exactly fun.
Previously, when touching up the odd blemish Holts HWHI 14 has been a good match. A recent can, with the same code on lid and base of tin gave a distinctly 'apricot white' result. Back to the helpful spares guys - it seems that different codes for Holts alpine white apply, depending on year, so they gave me a tin of HWHI 08. Goldilocks time again - this one is a bit too white...
As the van is still wearing the original factory paint I would like to avoid entire panel resprays unless there is no alternative - even then the old thing deserves a good colour match...
Any one else experienced this? and how did you solve it?