R-M auto paint......... help.

[skyhigh]

I am in desperate need of some help (rush job). I have a local auto body guy who is mixing me some paint. I need to match a pms color (202c), but he dosen't have any way to cross reference a pms, cmyk values or rgb.

Any auto body painters out there?

 

[SignManiac]

I usually have to take my PMS book to his shop and match by eye from his paint chip catalog and get as close as I can. To my knowledge, there isn't a cross reference chart to go from automotive or house paints to PMS. I've tried in the past with no luck.

 

[Wes Phifer]

Eye ball it!

 

[skyhigh]

He has matched paint for me in the past. He would call his R-M rep. & give him the pms number, and the rep would give him the recipe. I will mention, he's been dead nuts on every time.

So, I'm guessing there must be a cross reference out there somewhere. Unfortunately its Saturday, and I simply cannot wait till Monday (or shall I say, RATHER NOT WAIT...LOL) for a call to R-M.

 

[John L]

I have a local auto paint supplier that I use for that regularly. I have to take him the PMS color chip and he scans it with the handheld scanner they use to take color readings off of cars. He mixes it in the U-Tech base coat/clear coat material. For electric signs, channel letters, cut-out letters, etc. I also get the Azko flattening paste which turns the high gloss clear coat into more of a satin finish, but just as durable. Anyway, it's a perfect color match evertime.

U-tech is made by Azko-Nobel and his scanner also says Azko-Nobel on it, so maybe it's their system that gets me so close. The manufacturers number is 800-618-1010, maybe they can tell you the name of your local supplier.

Best of luck.

 

[John L]

We were typing at the same time.

Sounds like maybe his rep is the one holding the PMS chips and the scanner.

 

[skyhigh]

You're probably correct John. Thanks for the contact number.

My auto guy dosen't have a scanner.......I'm hoping that one of our sign/car guys have a scanner & a pms book.

How does that expression go........"Wish in one hand, and $hit in the other"?

Never quite understood that phrase, but it seems to apply anyways.
:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

 

[skyhigh]

:Oops:, did I hit a button?

Accidents happen......I hope you don't think I was trying to bump my thread.