Where to buy 449 paint?

[stevie_b]

I have noticed that some of my driver's door has gone rusty (probably a side effect of sliding through a gravel trap a couple of years ago, which did sound like it was giving the door a bit of a shot blasting!). I've scraped the scabby bits and got all the rust off and that leaves me with an area about the size of a hand that needs painting - too much area to use a touch up stick on.

So, where can I get 449 paint - ideally in a spray tin although I do have a compressor and paint gun I've never used so could just use 'neat' paint (but need some instructions on whether I need to add 'thinners' in order to spray it on?). I know you can get Halfords to make up any colour but I did that to paint a broken splitter on my Scooby and wasn't very happy it was a good match. I sort of get away with it on a separate piece (the splitter) but since I am painting a small section of the door only I would like the colour to really match well.

Do Renault sell tins of paint/spray cans in 449 blue?

Any advice on using a compressor to spray paint gratefully received, as I've never tried it before (but if it turns out okay I might paint my fibreglass bonnet to match as well!)

Thanks

[Daz.]

Renault do sell it I believe, you could also get it from halfrauds

[stevie_b]

Cheers mate.

Does anyone know if the Halfrauds secret mix of ingredients ends up giving a colour that matches the original reasonably well though - I wasn't impressed at their attempt at JDM Subaru silver, which they said was a paint code they had the 'recipe' for? Maybe silvers are tougher to get a good match on though?

[Swervin_Mervin]

Go to an independent. I got some from Halfrauds and it was miles out. A proper independant (I used Colourtone in Manc) will give you several cards with the varying shades off 449 so you can get the best match. I was given 9 cards and most were noticably different.

Renault only sell touch up pens/cans in one shade.

[Daz.]

Go to an independent. I got some from Halfrauds and it was miles out. A proper independant (I used Colourtone in Manc) will give you several cards with the varying shades off 449 so you can get the best match. I was given 9 cards and most were noticably different.

Renault only sell touch up pens/cans in one shade.

What just any old independant paint mixing shop?

[Swervin_Mervin]

Umm, kind of. I don't know what you'd class colourtone as tbh. They sell mostly bodywork prep equipment and products.

[Daz.]

Umm, kind of. I don't know what you'd class colourtone as tbh. They sell mostly bodywork prep equipment and products.

I might just go there for it - only ten mins from our lasses..

Have you an address for them?

[Swervin_Mervin]

Colourtone Ltd
61b, Shaw Heath Trading Estate, Stockport, Cheshire SK3 8BP
Tel: 0161 477 6970

or (the one I used)


Colourtone Ltd
250, Mauldeth Rd West, Withington, Manchester, Lancashire M20 1BE
Tel: 0161 448 0273

They work trade hours though. I went late arvo on a weekday. Not sure if they do saturdays.

[Daz.]

Cheers for that old chap :D

[BRUN]

remember the car is ~10 years old so you might not get a 100% perfect match