18-06-2020, 12:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-06-2020, 01:02 PM by Adam Brown.)
On behalf of Craftmaster
My mind does boggle a bit at the idea that we should make everything freely available. The fact that it isn't possible is also quite important.
When we have colours matched we get a formulation for which pigments make the closest possible match (which are usually bang on). We don't match to modern standards as they are very narrow and 'close enough' is not good enough to me. I want things right, so many modern colours look wrong to me. So if anyone does offer a RAL code it won't be 'correct' though in some cases it may be fairly close.
It costs me money to get colours matched, it isn't the same process as popping down the local paint factor (again they give you the closest in their system) it takes several hours of a highly qualified technicians time in most cases.
Of the thousands of colours I've had matched over the year only one has come back as a RAL....
We're in business, but like some of the more cherished suppliers we are also enthusiasts and do things that don't make commercial sense. One of those was sorting these colours out, I've sold less than 10 litres in 3 years off the back of those cards. Ditto for the early Morris colours I've also got on file. It isn't viable to produce colour charts and few people actually seem to want the 'right' colours - most have their own ideas.
The scans of the cards are in the public domain with the Archive so you can at least get an approximation. But sharing the actual formulas won't do you any good at all, you'd need someone with the same pigment system as me (which very few have) to actually make the paint.....
Perhaps be glad that someone took the time and effort to try and assist other owners, I certainly didn't do it for the revenue it brings in! For the first time since the days they were made you can ring a firm and have an authentic tin of 2k, Cellulose or Enamel in authentic Austin colours.
If anything happens to my firm the charts will still exist for someone else to match to......
My mind does boggle a bit at the idea that we should make everything freely available. The fact that it isn't possible is also quite important.
When we have colours matched we get a formulation for which pigments make the closest possible match (which are usually bang on). We don't match to modern standards as they are very narrow and 'close enough' is not good enough to me. I want things right, so many modern colours look wrong to me. So if anyone does offer a RAL code it won't be 'correct' though in some cases it may be fairly close.
It costs me money to get colours matched, it isn't the same process as popping down the local paint factor (again they give you the closest in their system) it takes several hours of a highly qualified technicians time in most cases.
Of the thousands of colours I've had matched over the year only one has come back as a RAL....
We're in business, but like some of the more cherished suppliers we are also enthusiasts and do things that don't make commercial sense. One of those was sorting these colours out, I've sold less than 10 litres in 3 years off the back of those cards. Ditto for the early Morris colours I've also got on file. It isn't viable to produce colour charts and few people actually seem to want the 'right' colours - most have their own ideas.
The scans of the cards are in the public domain with the Archive so you can at least get an approximation. But sharing the actual formulas won't do you any good at all, you'd need someone with the same pigment system as me (which very few have) to actually make the paint.....
Perhaps be glad that someone took the time and effort to try and assist other owners, I certainly didn't do it for the revenue it brings in! For the first time since the days they were made you can ring a firm and have an authentic tin of 2k, Cellulose or Enamel in authentic Austin colours.
If anything happens to my firm the charts will still exist for someone else to match to......