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I want to spruce up my van a bit, so planning on using Rustoleum + roller. The van has previously been sprayed in Ford Balliol Blue. I'm trying to find the closest rustoleum colour to this, though doesn't need to be absoloutely perfect match. Got sent a rustoleum chart, but it doesn't seem to have many colours on it - the nearest blue is quite a bit darker. Struggling to find a local garage with a RAL colour chart. Is there a bigger rustoleum chart than the leaflet they send out, or does anyone know the RAL number for the Balliol blue?

cheers.

Try these guys in wolverhampton http://www.rustoleumdirect.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; They supplied me a chart with a huge range of RAL colours.

Thanks Jake, have dropped them an email.

Just noticed the swear filter on my post. that's meant to be f.o.r.d ballliol blue

Rustoleumdirect have forwarded me to the swatches on their website. I would have hoped that someone that specialises in coloured paint realises you can't get acurate paint colours on a monitor!

make your mind up lad

you can't get acurate paint colours on a monitor!

doesn't need to be absoloutely perfect match

and do you think a Litho printed wall chart will be accurate too

Calibrate your monitor.

If you use a PC then the screen colour will show darker.

If you use a MAC it will be much closer.

Yep - a litho printed chart will be a lot more acurate. I work in design - monitor calibration isn't good enough for this sort of thing. That's why you use pantone charts

Actually, I'm not fussed about a 100% match, but I'm not gonna order a tin of paint based on a colour from a monitor. The guy at combicolour has some other chart (british standard or something) he's gonna send me

Rob - just want to have some idea of what i'm getting before i order, and margin of error is too great from a monitor representation.

alexm77

I am a graphic designer
My screen at work is very close to what we print.
A wall chart will only be close if its spot colours, not process as a lot seem to be.

Don't get me started on Pantone books and numpy customers

Just paint the whole van. No matching required

fair point eatcustard. I assumed the charts would be pretty acurate, but guess they're not then.

Reckon it'll take me ages to get round to doing the whole thing. i like the idea of doing a panel at a time, so spose i'll live with it being a bit patchy. Probably won't have finished the prep til next year anyway!

What ever colour to do your van, it will be worth it in the end

alexm77 wrote:Reckon it'll take me ages to get round to doing the whole thing. i like the idea of doing a panel at a time, so spose i'll live with it being a bit patchy. Probably won't have finished the prep til next year anyway!

I thought that but once I started it seemed pointless and more effort to do it piecemeal