ash-ov-boro
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do they mix paint im not wanting rattle cans im after 1 litre tins im after some gloss black or piano black not really fussed just want to do my black faded dash & other bits that i come across
anyone work there or know the prices ?
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Graham88
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Be best going to a proper paint shop mate even if they did do it it'll probably be cheaper too
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GTM
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They do do it but like has been said probs better just going to a local paint shop.
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craig8
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not that dear, was around 15 quid a litre i think last time i bought some
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ash-ov-boro
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thanks lads will have a look around tomorrow for local paint places & i will pop in halfrauds too ...
been lookin on google but the delivery prices are shocking
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corse-seth
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Not sure how expensive it is but there not allowed to mix up a flat colour so you would need a paint code or the name of the type of black u wanted 
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ash-ov-boro
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thanks corse-seth will have a look at some differnt blacks then 
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Ian
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None of my local ones mix paint.
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ash-ov-boro
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ive heard a few people say they mix paint ..
im going to pop over to john daveys paints over cannon park tomorrow see what the prices are like in there its only a 2 minutes drive ive been on the site but it doesnt have much choice on there well i couldnt see no paint at all on the site
http://www.johndaveypaints.co.uk/home
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belton
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Don't buy halfrauds paint. It's mixed by eye by the idiots that work there. I have brought two arden blues. One was carabic blue basically and the other was a matt navy blue. I would not bother
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by belton
Don't buy halfrauds paint. It's mixed by eye by the idiots that work there. I have brought two arden blues. One was carabic blue basically and the other was a matt navy blue. I would not bother
It's not mixed by eye? 
It's mixed by weight, where all the measurements are shown on a screen once the staff find the correct colour. From when I used to work there, personally I think more of thev problem is the base paints that are used to mix to make the final colour - I always found them to be different shades.
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dan_m1les
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
quote:
Originally posted by belton
Don't buy halfrauds paint. It's mixed by eye by the idiots that work there. I have brought two arden blues. One was carabic blue basically and the other was a matt navy blue. I would not bother
It's not mixed by eye?
It's mixed by weight, where all the measurements are shown on a screen once the staff find the correct colour. From when I used to work there, personally I think more of thev problem is the base paints that are used to mix to make the final colour - I always found them to be different shades.
They mix the paint at my local one and its all done by a machine, usually spot on!
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Josh Ack
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I went to that john davey one fella, seems decent enough they got a match on my apache!
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belton
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In mine it's say 1 part blue 2 parts green 3 parts red (example) they do it on a measuring stick
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craig8
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considering on the holt mixing scheme there are around 5 shades of each tinter and some of them you are lucky to be putting a few spots in at then mixing it by eye is nearly impossible, if the colour you make up from the weights isnt bang on and you know what you are doing you can make it slightly lighter or darker by eye but thats about it
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