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Re: Paint Mixing Artist

To: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
Subject: Re: Paint Mixing Artist
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 07:19:44 -0700
Cc: Triumph Newsgroup <triumphs@autox.team.net>
References: <39DC36CF.E4F34905@greenheart.com>
Justin,
PPG has a computerized piece of equipment that scans a color and matches it to 
a mix code.  I had the vinyl graphics on my race car
color scanned this way and they produced a very close gold paint that I used to 
paint the Stripe.  Check it out.

Joe

jmwagner wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know a guy/gal in Southern California that is simply a
> master at mixing paint?   I don't mean...  some guy that did a good job
> on painting your car... I mean a guy that really has a reputation for
> having an eye for color...   It's a rare breed.  (typically, he's not a
> guy you discovered on your own, he's a guy that someone referred you
> to... saying, "this guy is the best"...)
> 
> I have a certain color of paint that I want to achieve... based on a
> relatively poor printed sample...   I'd like to find a guy that can
> really do it.  Who has the eye and the heart, to get it right.
> 
> (I've tried those computer matching facilities... and they never get it
> right... in fact... it's usually way off...  and my sample isn't large
> enough for a lot of their scanners.)
> 
> This is a shot in the dark, but I thought I'd ask the group.
> 
> I have a good eye for color... and can mix pretty well... but I'm not a
> master...and I don't have the various pigments, etc... for auto paint.
> 
> --Justin

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