I was looking for some touch up paint, so ordered some Pastel White L90D online.
Anyway opened the bottle top and looks like Beige. I am thinking surely that's not the right colour. I knew my van had been lightly resprayed or rolled though thought it was in original colour
I appreciate difficult to answer looking at the van via over the net, though does my van colour look like Pastel White? Though, I have looked on the net some look like a creamy beige white wherea's some look a brigher white, I am wondering if mine the brighter white?
Failing that is there any way of finding out or getting ot matched? I do have some flaky paint on the front spoiler can a bodyshop match it from a piece of that?
TBH IF looking at your photo my van does look quite similar.
This is a paint test I have done on a brown envelope, certainly coming out like beige.
Unfortunately, I couldn't see a L90D rattle can at Halfords other day and might of got an idea to see if this ebay one has been wrongly mixed!
itchyfeet wrote:My local Halfords stock it so phone around or maybe you can order one, dunno if your van is the original colour but that paint isn't pastel white IMO
When I got the van in 2006, it was certainly been resprayed, a light blow over i'd say, naturally now seam rash coming through, I'll have a look at the cab floor and front beams (near paint sticker) tomorrow and see if the paint the same as external, I don't think this was a full body respray. Though could of been done in Alpine White.
The best approach is to go to a local motor factors and get them to make a rattle can up to match your van - they will use a spectrometer to match your paint and confirm the paint code.
They'll be cheaper than Halfrauds who I try to avoid.
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937carrera wrote:The best approach is to go to a local motor factors and get them to make a rattle can up to match your van - they will use a spectrometer to match your paint and confirm the paint code.
They'll be cheaper than Halfrauds who I try to avoid.
937carrera wrote:The best approach is to go to a local motor factors and get them to make a rattle can up to match your van - they will use a spectrometer to match your paint and confirm the paint code.
They'll be cheaper than Halfrauds who I try to avoid.
ok thanks, probably will be more a precise match.
That depends on the person and the kit. When I had some paint scanned by Brewers they said its never a perfect match.
I'd be surprided if a can made to order is cheaper than Halfords in the south of UK.
The last photo of when you bought it certainly looks too bright/white for L90D.
If sprayed I would imagine it was done with whatever had been left over from another white van job.
If rollered it could be rustoleums standard white, afterall it would be the cheapest. Our van is a few different shades of L90D from previous paint at the moemnt, the wheels however were done in rustoleum white gloss and are a brighter white.
No photos will show you accurately but could be worth trying a rustoleum colour chart if you can get a hold of one.
