Grey paint code/name?

[JohnR2]

Does anyone know the code for the mid grey paint my 1958 would have originally been?

[Rangieman]

Have a look on paintman.co.uk.
They have a comprehensive list of OE Land Rover colours.

[Craig T]

James Taylor's specification guide has this to say on the subject....

Craig.

[Twomokes]

Most paint suppliers will have it listed under British Standard Aircraft Grey.

[JohnR2]

I'm in a bit of a quandry because the dash panel and under the numberplates and a sticker on the rear of the body are a mid grey, wheras everything else has faded to a light grey. I suppose it would look more unified if I went with a light grey such as BT Grey on the front panels which will need painting and possibly Welsh/Mid grey for the interior/engine bay

[malcolm]

Most paint suppliers will have it listed under British Standard Aircraft Grey.

That is what i used that was the best match to the interior.The LR colours nowadays will probably be too dark.
Paint compositions 60 years ago will be totally different to todays processes.

[JohnR2]

Your dash panel looks a bit lighter than mine 

[malcolm]

i wasn't planning on painting the dash but there were patches of rust appearing in places on the bulkhead.
It does take on a lighter appearance because of the light and shine.
The roof looks a bit darker but is same paint.

[58paul]

I got LRC008 from craftmasters back in 2013 ish which is labelled as mid grey, my car is a 1958 also, but it was recorded as light grey by the factory, however the LRC008 paint I got was spot on as a match to the original uv protected paint samples on the car. I have had people comment it looks a very light grey, which it is, but it's deffo a match, as I have since got another light grey 58 and again it's the same light shade again on the UV hidden parts.

Incidentally I got some LRC008 mid grey from buzzweld in an aerosol to touch a piece up, this version is much darker than the craftmaster/original 58 shade.

Worth noting I don't know what craftmasters current mid grey shade is like as mine is from some time ago.

[Exile]

Oh, what fun I've been having with Mid or Light Grey recently.

Six years ago when I first pulled my Station Wagon out of the brambles, I just re-painted the damaged panels on the front end.

I ordered Mid Grey.

This Summer I thought I should begin to paint the rear end, as part of a still-ongoing restoration.

So I ordered more Mid Grey (the tin was labelled Welsh Grey) from the same supplier.

The result is in the attached photo.



I was a little miffed at first, but have come to prefer the recent (lighter) Grey.

So now I have to find the time - and the weather - to re-paint the front end!

(Hopefully before the Stonham Barns LR event in early October, just North of Ipswich).


PS.  Do those 700x16 tyres look too small?

[simonbav]

"PS.  Do those 700x16 tyres look too small?"

Hi Exile,

to me, yes. My SW came with 7.50s and I like its seemingly well proportioned look.

[Ken]

That's an alarming miss match. When I ordered my enamel ( same colour) I was told that it's hand tinted.
That isn't necessarily a problem. I was responsible for all colour and material design for jaguar and controlled colour and finish on all visible components. I can and have mixed paint to match a vinyl when a spot of the paint applied in the centre of the vinyl could not be detected by colour.
These people have no system to control colour or a colour deficient paint mixer.

[58paul]

Charles, I think my light grey (which was badged as mid grey LRC008 from craftmasters) looks closer to your rear lighter shade, the shade on mine is pretty much bang on to the original paint of YAC and 1568 00037 I have, both original light grey cars. I have a sample panel from chassis 37.

I think the craftmasters mid grey I got was more like the original light grey, and the buzzweld mid grey I got recently, is probably near mid grey as it is certainly a darker shade, sounds like you have had a similar story.

Thankfully I bought loads of the craftmasters paint from the same batch so I have been able to finish YAC all in the same shade (I'd only bought buzzweld in a tin for doing a few small B surface panels to save me getting all the spray gear out! but its that far out I wont even use it on B surfaces)

Its hard to get a good picture of the shade in the correct light if that makes sense as it changes a lot on the camera depending on light, but mine is defo a lighter shade than a darker/mid. It will be at the NEC classic car show on the S2 stand, just getting it finished now finally after all these years

[William]

I'm slowly restoring my tatty 1962 88" - attached shows bonnet, door and roof in Paintman's mid-grey enamel. Vent is cellulose mid-grey from Craddock's (which is an exact match although it looks different in the photo). The sill is the original 1962 mid-grey.
I now need to find a way of stripping off the rest of the dulux red applied by a PO while protecting the original paint underneath.

[dpmstevens]

I'm slowly restoring my tatty 1962 88" - attached shows bonnet, door and roof in Paintman's mid-grey enamel. Vent is cellulose mid-grey from Craddock's (which is an exact match although it looks different in the photo). The sill is the original 1962 mid-grey.
I now need to find a way of stripping off the rest of the dulux red applied by a PO while protecting the original paint underneath.

I've had success using a weak paint stripper i.e Nitromors, which will remove badly applied PO paint jobs but won't touch the original stove enamel. It take a bit of patience but you can make the relative uselessness of Nitromors work for you.