>I do not wish to disagree with the statement below, but I would like to
>point out that the characteristics and ingredients used in paint have
>changed considerablely in past 40+ years. If you mix to the original ICI
>spec you will not get the original colour, it will be close (but no
>cigar!). You are better to have to coulour matched by using an example of
>the actual colour - if its an actual colour you want.
Now to original colours, there is a variance, by year, month, week, day of
week, batch. That was how it was done then. There is a Healey book with
all the BMC paint colours available. For perfection you may wish to
consult it or contact the appropriate concours facilitator.
Cheers,
Martyn
(PS: 24.5 years with ICI - but my Frogeye does not have ICI paint - the
shop I chose did not use it.)
>The ICI paint code for OEW that was used on the bugeyes is 2379. PPG
>should be able to call up the formula from the ICI code. I think all
>of their paints are now matched/cross referenced to the ICI codes. I
>would like to know what you find out in case this is incorrect.
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