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corkie
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Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:38 pm

Only found out today,halfords mix paint,the numty behined the ramp could only find Mauritiusblau 287/2 ,287/3 ,my car is 287/5 am i right in thinking that /2 will be lighter in colour ie more faded than /5 ?not sure about halfords paint mixed by hafwits either,£15 is cheep though !my local paint suppliers want £26 for their rattle cans ! Youre thoughts please !
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Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:07 pm

Have you tried jewel paints? My local one is very helpful.
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Mon Jul 25, 2016 9:37 pm

I've used jewel paints a lot and the are the best I have found the halfords paints are ok for areas not really seen had a problem with cans not spraying too
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Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:20 pm

Sure its not jawel paints ?thats all i can find !
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Tue Jul 26, 2016 10:13 am

corkie wrote:Sure its not jawel paints ?thats all i can find !
Yes it is jawel sorry, auto correct got me again a˜•
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Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:05 pm

After 5 visits to 3 different halfords over 2days i gave up on them!they had no cans in one place and In two locations they were short on colours :x so i paid £26 for one can at my local ! Top notch though! I hope it matches !i went on the colour code rather than them matching it !
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Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:48 pm

Let's hope the paint has stayed in good shape
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Sat Aug 06, 2016 8:36 pm

Sorry where does it say there are three shades of Mauritiusblau? I did not know this, is it under the hood somewhere? Thanks.
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Sat Aug 06, 2016 11:04 pm

halfords paints are great but ask for someone superior if getting paint mixed , used to work in halfords

also 2 is lighter than 5 as you said
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Sun Aug 07, 2016 6:11 am

^^under the hood near the headlights there is a plate with the colour code mine says 287/5 i know 2 is non metalic the other numbers are lighter shades i believe !
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