Ford Diamond White .......not so white

[weseeyou]

has anyone ever got to the bottom of why paint manufacturers produce a Diamond White spray can paint that is a distinct cream colour ?
All the sellers I have found all quote the same paint codes and claim their paint is a perfect match to Fords ZA Diamond White but none of the 8x cans from different sellers have been anything but a horrible ivory cream colour .?? My Mk5 looks like a patchwork quilt now

I am going to try Halfords Diamond White next .
Surely I am not the only Mk3 Mk4 or Mk5 owner that has come across this problem before

[andz327]

Diamond white is an off white/ creamy white, your vans probably been painted in frozen white by someone if it's a more pure white

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[vanfox]

Here's a thought! Have you seen the advert where a woman takes a green toaster to Homebase or some such store, they scan it and produce the same coloured paint? If they do a spray can may be worth a try? May be a prob scanning a transit in the store.....

[Altransit]

There are many shades of Diamond white, I had at least 3 of them on the drivers side of my Mk4, from several body repairs

[ned]

Here's a thought! Have you seen the advert where a woman takes a green toaster to Homebase or some such store, they scan it and produce the same coloured paint? If they do a spray can may be worth a try? May be a prob scanning a transit in the store.....

Apparently halfrauds can match paint to the vehicle, I wouldn't trust them though

[ned]

Also what colour primer are you using?

[Brains_transit]

A good spray painter should have a device that you put on the panel and it scans the colour and tells you how to mix the colour up. Matching colours exact is a hard job as there's too many variables

[weseeyou]

Diamond white is an off white/ creamy white, your vans probably been painted in frozen white by someone if it's a more pure white

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so are you saying that someone in the past removed the engine and gearbox and stripped out all pipes, leads, cables, and everything from the engine bay and then resprayed that in Frozen white as well as the bodywork ??

[weseeyou]

Here's a thought! Have you seen the advert where a woman takes a green toaster to Homebase or some such store, they scan it and produce the same coloured paint? If they do a spray can may be worth a try? May be a prob scanning a transit in the store.....

Actually that is a good idea although extremely expensive. I think the last time I had halfords mix a can for me it was about £15.00 a can ! I've already used 6x cans on the 2x door repairs and 1x sill
I could remove a door and carry that into the store lol

[weseeyou]

Also what colour primer are you using?

I've been using the Primer recommended by the top coat manufacturers Hycoat....their own primer

[ned]

Also what colour primer are you using?

I've been using the Primer recommended by the top coat manufacturers Hycoat....their own primer

Yes but is it white primer? Yellow, red and grey primer will affect to colour of the top coat

[andz327]

Diamond white is an off white/ creamy white, your vans probably been painted in frozen white by someone if it's a more pure white

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so are you saying that someone in the past removed the engine and gearbox and stripped out all pipes, leads, cables, and everything from the engine bay and then resprayed that in Frozen white as well as the bodywork ??

Dont be fookin mad fella, you asked question and I'm simply pointing out the difference in colours and the way vans are fannied up to be resold it maybe had a coat of whatever white they had in stock and which nowadays is usually frozen white to freshen it up for sale....
Or
Maybe its a ringer
Even a plain colour like diamond white can still have various shades
Like ned says you can get paint mixed not just at halfords , most car paint suppliers will come out with paint cards and try match your colour and put in aerosol but you'll neex to Tcut or compound a section for to get a decent match

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