burstner paint

[nasher]

hi there, can anyone please tell me where i can obtain the blue touch up paint on the rear skirt of a burstner t 680 delphin performance motorhome.

[Brian Kirby]

You may find the part is self-coloured, meaning the colour extends right through the moulding. This assumes it is ABS or similar, and not aly. If the damage is small, and the part is self-coloured, you may be able to rub it down with progressively finer wet-and dry paper (used wet with a trace of washing up liquid to lubricate) to remove any scratches, and then buff up with rubbing compound, and even Brasso, to reinstate the shine, then wash well with detergent to remove all traces and apply your normal polish.

If aly or painted, ask Burstner UK if they can give you a colour reference. You'll need to know whose colour codes are being quoted, Burstner have used a Swedish code in the past, but it may be a RAL, or a car maker's code. Then find an independent paint factor near where you live and they should be able to mix you a single aerosol spray can to match.

Failing this, if you can take a clean sample of the same colour to the factor, he should have a spectrum analyser that will give a fair match for the colour that way.

Good luck

[bob b]

Auto paint factors don't use spectrum analysers, they're only used for household paints. I took a step from a friends motorhome to an auto paint factor for a match. He mixed a half litre of paint to match the colour (white with a blueish tinge). Even then it wasn't quite the right shade. I should have bought some black and white paint to add and test spray. I'll have to spray the whole rear bumper when the weathers right for it.

[Brian Kirby]

Not sure one can be quite that categorical. One near us has an analyser, though he is not just an auto paint factor - he supplies auto and other paints. They are not perfect and it is often the case, especially with blues and reds, that they fade. Perfect matches are therefore very difficult after a few years.