Best source of spray can paint

[JackE]

Hi

I am planning to treat a few bits of rust on my van at the weekend, but was wondering after treating the rust where is the best place to get a rattle can of paint from.

The colour of my van is R1R1 Pastel White L90D.

I understand that colour match is going to be hard as the paint on the van is going to have faded. I think it cost about £7 a can at Halford or about twice as much if I get a local paint shop to mix it.

Any general tips would be great

Thanks

[nicq]

I too have the same colour, the back of the van had been painted at some point and you can see the colour difference.
I used Halford rattle cans on a step repair and the colour match was very good. I would use them again.

[JackE]

Thanks for your help, I will give it a go.

[fazzer]

if theres a jawals car paint shop near you then try them they can match your colour,although its £12 a rattle can its good quality.Halfrauds probably wont have colour you want and they not good quality.

[nicq]

Halford mix the colours to your code they don't hold any colours in stock any more.

[baj25]

I had rat cans mixed to a VW colour code a few times in recent years, at a local paint specialist. Colour match seemed ok, but it seemed to take forever to fully harden (putting a cover on 2 weeks later left a cover pattern in the paint...). I'm sure he said it was 2K in a single can. Tricky stuff that paint. Bri

[terryvanman]

Halfords is the way to go, use thier rubbing down compound first to the panel your working on and the nearest panels, and it will match very good.

[T3luestar]

I don't know where your based , but I've always got rattle cans from these guy's......

http://www.pmpanels.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[300CE]

These chaps are meant to be able to match the colour to your existing colour paint (bearing in mind it may/will have faded over time). Only thing is you need to send off a sample to them so they can match it. Failing that, they can also make up colour from your code:

http://www.autopaintsbrighton.co.uk/abo ... ks-1-w.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[JackE]

Thanks for all the tips. I will post some pictures of how it goes.
Cheers