Paint confusion

Well with the impending spray job on the side scoops tomorrow i just remembered about the paint.

At work we have two types of tahiti blue, which my car is!

One is Tahiti Blue and the other is Tahiti Blue Pearl, as far as i can se on the net tho, the two colours have the same paint code, but should there be any difference? The only thing i can think of is that the Pearl version is a two stage paint and therefore a metallic like my car.

Can anyone advise me, cus if not i might just give in and spray them black!!

Would have thought the code would be different though.

I think black would look really decent on a Tahiti blue car :yesnod:

+1 A member on the Forum That Shall Not Be Named (gonna have to figure out a way to shorten that) had a tahiti blue MG & painted the scoops piano black - looked gorgeous!

Get the paint code then look it up in my paint codes guide!

OOH John - do you supply paint??

Can you do me a deal on a can of MNX..??

Paul

Polo;2514 wrote: OOH John - do you supply paint??

Can you do me a deal on a can of MNX..??

Paul

Ill check if we can cross refer that code and if w can then im sure i can do you an amaaaaazing deal lol least i can do after you sorted me out :yesnod:

Now piano lack has been mentioned im not sure whether to go body coloured or not. I suppose if i went black then less chance of the Tiger seal showing up if it "splooges" out of the sides when i bond them.......hmmmmm decisions :CJJ:

Mine are gonna be black when I get round to collecting them.
Whats the best thing to stick em on with?

Smeagol;2525 wrote: Ill check if we can cross refer that code and if w can then im sure i can do you an amaaaaazing deal lol least i can do after you sorted me out :yesnod:

Cheers mate

Slippy;2539 wrote: Mine are gonna be black when I get round to collecting them.
Whats the best thing to stick em on with?

Hubba Bubba - more sticky than normal chewing gum..!!

I would go for Sikabond or araldite

There is 2 versions of tahiti blue if your getting it in spray can form; tahiti blue and tahiti blue 93 pearl ( which is paint code JRJ)

Pearl is a metallic version with almost metallic 'flakes' in



Example
Example

Notice it changes colours slightly and a very reflective finish.

Silvers go well with tahiti blue pearl as well!

This was what my tahiti blue car was, and what im 99% sure the Fs are as well.



Tahiti blue is a colour used on on older rover cars I think

It is a solid colour, and lighter than pearlescent tahiti.

Compared to my old tahiti blue 25 you can tell it isnt a good match

Luke

So they are different codes. That should help.

Pearlescent paint and Metallic paint are two different colours. Pearl has an additional additive (millions of tiny glass like beads) to give it the 'Pearl' effect. This means the colour will change more depending on the angle of light. Metallic has millions of metal flakes in the paint which reflect the light and give a sparkling effect.


If you have a metallic finish then don't spray the side scoops pearl because they will react differently in the light.


The big difference is price...A pearlescent paint can cost almost another thrid of the price of metallic.


(Interestingly, or not.....In the seventies they introduced 'MetalFlake' which was big bits of reflective flakes. This gave a very glittery finish. If you have seen a lot of custom cars/hot rods, a lot of them were 'Metalflake')