Hi all

I am after recommendations on a good white to use on the roof of my mini. Preferably a 1968 colour? I remember someone made some recommendations in another thread but I can't find it sorry.

The blue I am using is Sapphire Blue, similar to this,


I picked up my reupholster seats and door cards today and it is a charcoal colour and a slightly creamy white - see pick below


The bodywork is now done and it's off to paint so I would like to know what slightly off white / slightly creamy white you would recommend and preferably a 1968 colour. Not totally cream but with a creamy shade rather than a stark white.

Thanks

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Found this reply that TweedGrey posted in another thread re my interior:

"Snow white will certainly be complimentary against the blue. Consider Old English White (done right) as that will look terrific too. It's a great off-white cream colour that would also be sure to fit in with the cream of the seats."

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Have you looked at the 1968 colours (and other years) on the paint cards to get a short list of possible whites?

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Thanks winabbey, I find that for white in particular the paint charts can be ambiguous . If you look at just the background white of the charts against each other some seem pink, green, blue and cream depending. So the colour correction I think has a bigger impact on the whites than the colour itself. More so than a blue for example.

The starting point of Old English White and Snow White are a good start. If anyone knows these colours I'm happy to hear there opinions.

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I agree. When looking at scanned versions of the paint chart which are then displayed on a screen/monitor the actual colour can be quite different. In real life the charts show closer to the exact colour. I suggested looking at the charts because you said you were after a white colour from a specific time period. That would enable you to compile a short list of possibilities, like OEW and Snow White, so you can ask others to post pictures of cars in those colours.

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Snow white is a slightly creamy white. It is the Australian 1968 white. I like it.

Morbo28 - What better recommendation could you have?

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Rovers Old English White from the final edition range is a great off white not too creamy very classy and classic

I have painted two vehicles in 'Old English White'. Both were in 2Pac, one of the codes "WT03 1955 - 1968" has two tinters of yellow which make it a very creamy colour. The other one was code "54A11 1954" which is a great OEW and has a yellow/red tinter and a black tinter which makes a not as yellow and a little darker. I used 54A11 on the '67 Monte replica along with the first version of Tartan Red (No:1) and like it a lot. Both colours I used were in the BASLAC (BASF/RM family) available here in Australia in both BCC (base clear coat) or topcoat.

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Thanks everyone for the replies - they are all super helpful. I will take these paints and codes and get some samples made up from PPG.

Morris 1100 that does sound like a ringing endorsement. Monte I do like that, I'll see if the 60s colours are similar.

I'm thinking definitely the OEW and the Snow White and I might even check out that 54 OEW you speak of miniDave.

Oh and miniDave those codes you speak of...are they universal? I think PPG bought all of Dulux/Dulon, so would they have those codes do you think? Or did you use someone else? Edit: sorry I see what you mean about the BASF thing I think. I'll look into that.

I'll get these samples and post them up for interest sake. Cheers!

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Thanks again everyone. I got the following made up. I'll check them out after work and post up pics for comparison.

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All those whites look blue to me...

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I don't get it , am i missing something ?

Refers to a viral photo of a dress doing the rounds online that looks white to some people and blue to others.

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