Amazon: Paint 94 Colour difference...

[omc 47]

Hi everyone,

I am giving my Amazon a good refurb before putting it back on the road after 30 years in a dry garage,my problem is after replacing the inner wings and stripping out the engine bay I decided to give the whole area a good rub down and a coat of paint, I got code 94 mixed and today being a warm day sprayed the area only to find the colour is slightly greener that I'd hoped.
94 does have a habit of changing in different lights but it's definately not right and I've asked another paint mixer company this afternoon and they came back with an even greener shade...................so I've decided to have a mix made from the top inner door panel which will mean the mixer will be adding shades to the original menu, has anyone else had probs with shade matching? and no the car has not been resprayed.

thanks all, Andy

[tdz840]

Yep exactly the problem i had. In the end they used some sort of comparitor slide to get the correct mix.
Normally available at good paint shops
Russ

[Palmer 221]

this happened to me when i painted the engine bay (i bought paint from the same place he did), after talking to the guy who sprayed the car, he used a black a black primer to give a deeper paint finish.
Compared with the grey primer, the finish was noticalbly darker in indirect sun light. and over all looks less green.

I personally prefer the darker finish

[omc 47]

Originally Posted by Palmer 221

this happened to me when i painted the engine bay (i bought paint from the same place he did), after talking to the guy who sprayed the car, he used a black a black primer to give a deeper paint finish.
Compared with the grey primer, the finish was noticalbly darker in indirect sun light. and over all looks less green.

I personally prefer the darker finish

Thanks Russ and Palmer for the feed back,it's reasurring to know I'm not alone. Yesterday I added a touch of black to my mix and with careful increments eventually got very very close so I've resprayed the engine bay again and I am pleased with the result.
Now this week I will be picking up some "matched" mix paint which should be spot on.................

Andy

[wowoguy]

Had exactly the same problem with 94 green. Got mine from CARS at Ipswich; the guys there are very good and advised 50 years or wear does things to paint. As there are a number of small rust issues around the car I have taken the plunge and will be stripping off all the chrome and getting a full body overhaul by a guy who has done two Amazons and a P1800 (green, blue and red respectively). I parked mine by the green resprayed Amazon at the Cranleigh Rally a couple of weeks back and agreed that car was good enough. the renovator is going to match the paint off the inside of the doors. Keeping everything crossed.

[omc 47]

the renovator is going to match the paint off the inside of the doors. Keeping everything crossed.
Thanks for that, yes I ended up using the door panel top for a match and it does work, although in certain lights you could be fooled by this colour.
When I first bought the car I though it was an original colour all over but now I can see darker shades in places where some accident damage was remedied on the rear including a new panel.............and I thought Silver Grey Metallic was bad enough (for those familiar with modern finishes they will know what I mean)
Anyway good luck I'm sure it will be OK ..........

Andy

[wowoguy]

Last weekend I went to a classic car meet in a field by a Sussex pub (good location) and about 70 cars turned up. I parked my green Amazon near a number of green cars. There were two old Jags and two not so old MGs, all described as British Racing Green and all very clearly different colours. The oldest Jag had at least three BRG colours on different panels of the same car.

[Uncle Benz]

Originally Posted by wowoguy

Last weekend I went to a classic car meet in a field by a Sussex pub (good location) and about 70 cars turned up. I parked my green Amazon near a number of green cars. There were two old Jags and two not so old MGs, all described as British Racing Green and all very clearly different colours. The oldest Jag had at least three BRG colours on different panels of the same car.

Queens Head, Barns Green?

I had planned to attend, but work got in the way. Good turnout by all accounts.

Might have seen your car in the Waitrose car park in Horsham? Not many green ones 'round these parts...

[wowoguy]

Yes, Queens Head at Barns Green. It was a really good turn out. Even though it wasn't a car the guy on the gate let the Army track driven armored personnel carrier in; he said he thought he shouldn't argue!

There were two great American trucks there off the Wheeler Dealer TV show owned by a guy in Chichester. Excellent turnout. There was a good mix of Volvos, a white 440, a blue 245 and a white P1800 plus my Amazon.

Yes, I'm not proud, I do admit to shopping at Waitrose so I am guessing it was my green 131 you saw. I didn't realise there was another Amazon owner in Horsham.

[Uncle Benz]

You won't see mine about for a while! I bought a '67 Amazon estate from member John Smith in Portsmouth. Had been partially stripped, and in his garage since about 1981. Requires a bit of sorting and a coat of paint, but no rot in the body at all! When I start on it I will post up some pictures. Hoping to look at it over the winter...