Westy grey paint - interior metal work |
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youthy giblets
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Posted: 07 Feb 15 at 22:30 |
Evening all, does anyone know of a good match to the factory grey colour that all the westfalia metal parts were finished in? Was thinking about juts trying to get if matched at local paint suppliers but I've noticed it's satin and not gloss and they never seem to have any matting agent when I've asked in the past
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SebRogers
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I used Ford Polar Grey. It's a reasonable match, but a bit lighter than the original colour. Doesn't matter if you're doing all the metalwork
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clift_d
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The colour you need is RAL 7037 'Staubgrau' in satin finish.
Most decent paint suppliers should be able to mix that for you, or google for mail-order places. You can also get 500ml aerosols of it on eBay.
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1988 1.6TD Westfalia Club Joker syncro
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mattjarvis
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Speaking from personal experience don't try and rattle can it - mine looked crap. Find a local powder coaters and get them to blast and re-coat it - had all of my interior metalwork done for around £100 from a place in Sheffield and it looks great.
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SebRogers
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I'm sure that's great advice, but I rattle canned the seat bases on my T4 Westy and they're fine In my experience it's all in the prep. The final couple of coats took no time at all. The endless wet and dry prep nearly did my head in, but it was worth it for the end result. Powder coaters defo the quicker option though!
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'94 T4 Westy Cali Club ABT 2.4td |
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youthy giblets
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Cheers, a very good friend of mine runs his own powder coating business and said it would be cheaper for me to paint rather than buy the box of powder. Il google the Ral code thanks
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phelps69
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If you go on ebay, there is actually an auction for the said grey paint where you can choose a tin of 1/2 or 1 litre paint, not rattle can, which should give you what you want. £8.00 plus postage for the smaller tin. Got to be cheaper and less time consuming than removing all the metal and powder coating if a little less 'pretty'
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