Colour for GRP

[Darryl]

Hi lads,
Im trying to choose the colour for my roadster and im thinking of a navy blue.
Im having trouble as its hard to get the right shade,
Anybody have a dark blue roadster? and what shade have you? Any pics?
ive seen pics of an ultramarine blue but it seems a bit light for my liking.
Any help appriciated!
Thanks,
DArryl

[Tilly819]

mine is dark blue,

il try and make a picture work

[eSteve]

Darryl,

there's a picture of mine here:

http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/attac...4&d=1305572740 (as you know)

Although it's ultramarine blue (RAL 5002), too light?

I know what you mean about getting the right shade. It's easy to decide on a colour but getting the correct shade is trickey.

You probably know: GRP colours are catergorised using a RAL number (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAL_%28...pace_system%29). There are many on-line (e.g. http://www.e-paint.co.uk/RAL_Colourchart.asp) but it still doesn't make it much easier to choose the correct number, a computer screen image or print out of such a chart will be misleading.

In the end I bought a colour swatch booklet (a few £s off eBay), which has a very good representation of the colour, and made my decision using that.

The only real way though is to look at some actual samples or find someone who has a colour you like.

Other members, allterrain, Darryl, eSteve, les g, SeriesLandy, Spikehaus and Tilly819, have choosen blue (see http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/poll....ults&pollid=25). Till819 and I have posted pictures, maybe you might get a few more pictures and colour codes to give you more idea.

Let us all know what you choose.

[baz-r]

tip here guys is to go to a paint shop most mix coulors of almost any colour of any type of paint thay usualy have a ral chart or swatch there
i sold ind paints on the side of welding tec support and everything is in ral or bs colour codes even stuff like ford blue and cat yellow are just matched
note the shade can very a touch ok for most things but things like cars etc need to come from same batch no.s

[Darryl]

Hi everyone,
thanks all for the replies,
I think ive narrowed it down now to either signal blue or ultramarine blue.
They both look pretty similar but i think the ultra marine blue is a bit deeper!
Im amazed at the little differences between the colours and the massive differences between the actual colours and the RAL charts!
Blue seems to be a popular colour! (not too popular i hope! )
Does anybody have a pic of a roadster with either the signal blue or ultramarine blue panels on the car?
Thanks again for all the help!
Darryl!

[Tilly819]

BTW mine isnt gel coat, its paint

tilly

[MarkB]

Signal Blue is a smart one and so is Night Blue as it seems to change in different lights and how it's photographed.

[SeriesLandy]

My car is in signal blue 5005. I thought it was slightly darker than it is (aiming for the newer 06+ mini blue colour) but it's still a lovely colour. It's worth buying a colour chart for the piece of mind.
If I had known prior to buying my grp where spud gets his raw materials I would have gone to them as it's only about 10 miles away from me.

Quite an accurate picture with regard to the colour

[Darryl]

Originally Posted by SeriesLandy

My car is in signal blue 5005. I thought it was slightly darker than it is (aiming for the newer 06+ mini blue colour) but it's still a lovely colour. It's worth buying a colour chart for the piece of mind.
If I had known prior to buying my grp where spud gets his raw materials I would have gone to them as it's only about 10 miles away from me.

Hi,
Would you be able to post up a pic of it on the car?
Many thanks,
Darryl

[SeriesLandy]

Best I can do at the mo link. The body is in storage at the mo but I can get a picture of the nose cone tomorrow if you want