Paint matching questions

Scott has brought this to us :

Then why think about patching and painting the damage?

If it was the same as the buses, Glasgow Green or Glasgow Apple Green, FM 171 or 174

modelling suppliers are another source of small quantities of paint in strange colours.

Do we know if it's Glasgow, or green? It might be Midlothian Maroon? :-)

Owain

Get a very slightly lighter shade then rub some muck into it when its tacky. :-) Brian

Buy some little tester pots from B&Q or similar of similar colours, then mix them on site to the correct colour

Anyone know which blue is the one that the Greeks use?

- Mike

First impressions. I don't think neglect conveys a good image.

Unless you mean, why not redecorate the entire close instead. This would suit me actually as I would only be paying 12.5% of the cost to create an image of a place that is well maintained. My concern is that provoking a neighbour dispute might be unhelpful to a sale.

I did say 'Glasgow Corporation green' so you can take that as a yes.

The problem is I think it's darker than the colour that was used on the buses. I think it was 'inspired by' rather than an exact colour match.

I went to the Dulux shop. They can match any colour - preferably with a sample to work from - but the minimum quantity is 1 litre (which is why I was interested in the possibility of using car touch-up paint).

The problem is that the tester pots are water based emulsion and the wall is oil based gloss. Indeed, the Dulux shop said the the testers were made as colour only with no sheen or gloss.

That's why I wondered about using car paint.

I think that could very much depend on the buyer My cousin said, 'You're not selling the close'. A friend today said when she was assisting her daughter she told her not to buy anywhere with a run-down rear garden as this suggested a lack of commitment to maintenance.

Certainly, as a third-time buyer communal maintenance arrangements would be very high on my list after spending over 30 years in periodic arguments about building repairs. As a first-time buyer I probably wouldn't consider the close.

Not a deal-breaker as I would tell any purchaser that the building is professionally managed and the mutual parts are part of that management. It could tip the balance between two otherwise similar flats.

quite some years ago, I fitted an analogue sat dish. It was grey and stood out against our tan Sandtexed wall (according to management). A local motor factor was able to colour match from a chip off the wall and I ended up with an aerosol can of paint which which to spray the dish. You might be able to get a brushing tin the same way.

So basically are you saying that someone buying a flat would take no account of the general appearance. of the building? I'm not saying you are wrong (and indeed this would suit me just fine) but I find it surprising as I would want to know that any building I was thinking about moving into is well maintained.

I'll certainly ask the estate agent when the time comes for valuation.

I refer to my previous answer !

I won't respond to you any more but if others want to engage in discussion, you can f*ck off.

Plonk

I quote:

"One of the first to observe that Homer's description of colors were, by mo dern standards, far from accurate, was British statesman William Gladstone. [2] In his book Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Gladstone analysed al l aspects of Homer's mythical world, to discover a total absence of blue fr om the poet's descriptions of the Greek natural scenery."

Blue? What blue?

I was a colour matcher, for 1 year only, in the early 70's. We would only work with actual examples. If it was a car part we would expect it to be from as near as the site of repair as possible because of colour variance due to a bias exposure to strong light on any one area over years.

Neither could it be said exactly how a mix, with what may be a different base of resins, etc, would look after time due to 'life' of the resins. Close to colour and feathered blending is best you can do.

But, there is more than one answer. I have seen examples of a same colour mix but, the area was painted as a simple design or pattern that reflected the light differently so that an image was seen at different angles or light levels. Hidden art.

The other example was a curry stain on a wool carpet. The woman, whose roof I was doing at the time, was in despair. I took a picture, came home to Photoshop and designed a 5 colour image of an owl, (She had owls as figurines about the place).

I took her a printed A4 and she said OK, give it a go. It turned out well. Better than a little rug over it.

...Ray.

I take it the dent is white? Or it will be when you apply filler. Any similar green will make it much less noticeable. I would get some tester pots of darker and lighter green, and maybe also yellow and blue. Try various mixes by eye to get near the surrounding green. If the paint is matt you could apply polish or varnish on top.