MGB & GT Forum

Hello,

Is there a supplier out there that offers a relatively decent quality MGB body paint in a spray can?

I am not interested in a lesson in proper or improper painting, just a supplier of the paint. I am well aware of the pitfalls involved.

Thanks A Lot

_bill

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_bill

Currently Running: 78 B Roadster

Needs Help: 54 Healey100-4

Dunno. Some youtube episodes feature Krylon . . .

It is highly unlikely you'll find an off-the-shelf paint that matches an MG color. Even if someone mixed some up to the original formula, time will have changed what's actually on your car.

An auto paint supply store can custom mix paint to match your car. Note that a match on the top surface may not match the sides so have them mix the paint to where ever you wish to repair. Some shops can put this custom mixed paint into spray cans. But be prepared to open your wallet wide...

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Many paint supply houses can custom match/mix your paint and put it in a rattle can for you. I had it done a few years ago and it was less than $20 for a large (16 oz.) can.

Here is the supplier I use. They have rattle cans and small brush-in-cap bottles. Their paint matches my original Pageant Blue perfectly. Their paint requires clear coating.

http://www.touchuppaintonline.com/MGB/All-Models

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I used http://www.paintscratch.com and got 2 cans of Tundra for various small parts & bits for $26 per can.
Nice paint with a great match with my TCP global paint

Chris

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I had some paint mixed up by NAPA and it was very very close to the paint color on my 78 B

tcp global carries MGB colors in spray cans.

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or have anyone mix it up and use a Prevail sprayer. They actually work pretty good.

Thanks for the info, I will take a look at what they offer.

_bill

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Ever Wonder ?

_bill

Currently Running: 78 B Roadster

Needs Help: 54 Healey100-4

I actually have a Preval, I was hoping for something even easier.

One never knows if they don't ask the question.

_bill

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Ever Wonder ?

_bill

Currently Running: 78 B Roadster

Needs Help: 54 Healey100-4

Thanks for you thoughts. I had looked at these guys earlier but was looking for some different options that others have tried.

_bill

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Ever Wonder ?

_bill

Currently Running: 78 B Roadster

Needs Help: 54 Healey100-4

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will look into each of them and try to decide which I think is my best option.

I only intend to touch up the rocker/kick panel right near the bottom, below the curve in the body line pretty much out of sight unless you get on you hands and knees to look there. I just want to clean it up a bit.

I haven't had a British car on the road since the late 60's/early 70's when I was driving my 1954 Austin Healey 100-4 around and then in the late 70's a Triumph Spitfire (wife's car). Our B is a 78 and is new to the family and is actually my wife's car (she got the itch for another sports car). I was hoping with all of the advances there have been in parts and accessory availability that just maybe someone was offering a premixed spray can.

I have a Preval sprayer that works pretty good for very small jobs. You pour the paint and thinner/reducer into a jar and attach a propellant cartridge to the top of the jar and spray away. That's the route I will probably take (Paint and thinner at the auto parts store, put in the Preval and have at it.

I haven't had a British car on the road since the late 60's when I was driving my 1954 Austin Healey 100-4 around and then in the late 70's a Triumph Spitfire (wife's car). The B is new to the family and is actually my wife's car. I was hoping with all of the advances there have been in parts and accessory availability that just maybe someone was offering a premixed spray can.

I myself have never painted a complete road car and I do not intend to start a project like that now. I am not well todo by any means but that's a project I would leave to the paint shop. By the time I setup a painting space in the barn and purchased all of the proper equipment, then practiced enough to get results I could be satisfied with, I would probably be on the steps leading to the poor or nut house. And the finished product would most likely not be anywhere as good as a reputable shop could provide.

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Ever Wonder ?

_bill

Currently Running: 78 B Roadster

Needs Help: 54 Healey100-4

Here are a couple of pics of the paint results from a couple of touch-up jobs I did on my car using paint from:

http://www.touchuppaintonline.com/MGB/All-Models

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“Ideological certainty easily degenerates into an insistence upon ignorance". Daniel Patrick Moynihan

In any debate, the side which strays from civil discussion is usually the side that lacks confidence in its debate position or in the merit of their arguments. Making personal attacks on the opponents instead of staying on the subject is also a sign of weakness.

Anyone who feels compelled to respond in kind to any perceived slight is often suffering from narcissism.

I got ok results using the Preval sprayer. It doesn't spray as nice as some aerosol cans or a spray gun. I just wetsand and buff/polish once cured.