Alloy wheel colours

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 3:26 pm
Hi folks,

I'm just wanting some advice , I'm going into cosmetic repairs soon and I'm struggling to find anywhere some type of guide chart Swatch to match standard alloy wheel paints, some places I ask they say it's just a case of mix and match? But surely there must be paint names and codes out there.
I have 3 customers ready to book work in once I'm up and running, below are the 3 wheel colours which I need, not sure if anyone here could point me in the right direction of them?

I know of other painters in my area that do wheel scuffs and they all use only one kind of silver, think it's moondust, now although this gives an OK finish it's not perfect how I like it! I want to go the extra mile and do the job correctly.

Also I'm from the UK so not sure if names and codes may differ from US?

Thanks

Kev
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:19 am
Most paint stores here have a "gun" they use to match colors.
It reads the item and gives a formula.
Also, some stores ,like DuPont, have a book with thousands of colors in it
to use to match to. That's what I used and it matched great.
JC.

(It's not custom painting-it's custom sanding)

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