venetian red saxo paint

[dan84]

hey, i've recently sprayed my saxo wing venetion red to match the rest of the car only to find thats its much brighter than the rest of the car, the paintwork on the car hasn't faded at all so i don't know where i'm going wrong! i used 3 coats of white primer followed by 3 coats of venetian red, should i have used grey primer to get the red a bit darker???? if anyone could help it would be greatfully appreciated :y:

[J222JRA]

Where did you get the paint from?? Was it custom mixed to the correct shade??

[SnaRe]

afaik you can get a red primer? And James has already asked the important question

[dan84]

got it from a local motor store, the paint is holts paint

[J222JRA]

got it from a local motor store, the paint is holts paint

If it was off the shelf paint its no good for colour matching.

Take mauritius blue for example....there is 40+ different shades.....use the wrong shade and it looks crap mate.

Personally i always get aerosols from a bodyshop as they can always get a good colour match for you......unless its a crap bodyshop :n:

James

[dan84]

ok cheers mate, what about halfords?? i think they can mix paint to match my colour, or am i best going to a bodyshop?

[CHIP]

Go to a bodyshop pal. Would be a much better idea :y:

[TypeRDavid]

In my experience HALFRAUDS paint is w**k , better option would be to aquire the paint from a decent paint supplier who can give you the right mix for your car as they can match it with their colour codes.;) or as said speak to a decent bodyshop.

[dan84]

that sounds like the better option, there's a couple of big bodyshops around my way that i'm gonna try, cheers

[wadoryu]

my halfords was wayyyyyyyy too dark shite match