Yesterday afternoon, while fighting the urge to go sleep after my return flight from the USA trip
https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread...p-grizz-sumore
I went to see the wheels.
Remember that I only had enough paint for three wheels, so ran out before getting no 4 done.
Ordered the same item from Ebay “DEEP COPPER” as what I had got from @Redratbike and expected the same, or a slight variation in colour, maybe from a batch difference.
When I sprayed one of the centre caps as a test……….
Errrrrmmmmmm…..?
FAIL.
So it seems (without investigating) that the manufacturer has radically changed the colour at some point.
The paint from Redratbik was stock he had bought for a build and not used, so in both cases, nobody to blame.
Just enough to P!$$ me off, and force me to repaint all four wheels.
I actually liked the first colour, but original plans was a decent contrast, and the original colour blended more.
Now I have a contrast, lets see if it works when the time comes to do the lace paint on the roof.
So………..
200ml originals vs 400ml extras bought off eBay
Centre cap.
Contrast in differing light.
And of course the huge difference in colours.
Knowing that I could not match the original colour, I had to go ahead and repaint the original three wheels.
After all , I had paid for the paint.
I will take a few more pics of the colour in daylight, though it seems to be a bit cloudy today.
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