Some shops have an electronic eye that can digitally match most any color
with surprising accuracy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Need to get some paint mixed

> Oh sure, I don't expect a very close match - just as long as the trailer
> and the van look like they came from the same 'hood I'll be happy.
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus -- NOW SOLD TO THE BUYER OF OUR HOUSE
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
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>
> On 9/4/2008 8:15 PM neil N wrote:
>
>> FWIW Mike, I recently got some paint mixed up for my Assuan Brown 81.
>> Supplied the paint dude with the paint code I found above the fuse box
>> on my Westy. Still, it wasn't a great match. My point. IMHO, a large
>> part of matching paint obviously depends on the age of the paint
>> you're trying to match.
>>
>> Just my .02 Cnd.
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Who's the keep of the paint codes? Mellow Yellow is an 84 in the "Ivory"
>>> color. The painter dude works with PPG paints and says that with the
>>> paint
>>> code the store can mix up something darn close.
>>>
>>