p7676 wrote:
do you think BMC matched the car off another part or car? All the paint was matched to an exact formula if you did not do this the time involved for a repairer to match the color would increase .All the wacky ideas about matching the paint to a floor panel are crazy. What do you do when you have an accident match it to the floor again ?Quality control is paramount in a car factory it would be an abrogation of manufacture if the cars were not all painted to the same formula. By the way I worked there I was an engineer.p7676
The original paint codes and formulas are in the link below, but not of much use because tinters have changed, as mentioned a few times already. That's why matching by eye or machine is the only option. Of course once someone has done this accurately the formula can be used by others. I've had Baltic Blue matched and mixed in acrylic using the underside of the number plate flap on my car.
p7676 - if you have a method for converting the formulas to use current tinters that result in exactly the original shade I and many others would be interested to know. It would save us having to use the match by eye method.
P.S. All the images in the following folder are still on Photobucket so you'll need the Google Chrome browser and the add-in to see them.
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... 25&t=66469