What white

Remraf
Remraf Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited August 2020 in Caravans #1

Hi ,I hope some one will be able to help me. I have had to repaired our plastic towing bar cover of our Swift Challenge  2017 Hubby had a mishap with the jockey wheel. No bother with the repair but I don't seem to be able to get the right shade of white. I have used the Fiat 249 white but it doesn't  match I think the apron  must be a different shade.As anyone else had the same trouble. Any help would be much appreciated

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  • lornalou1
    lornalou1 Forum Participant Posts: 2,169
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    edited August 2020 #2

    Why not just spray the cover in a different colour. A lot of new vans now have Grey or Black. You never know, you could be setting a new trend. 

  • Remraf
    Remraf Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited August 2020 #3

    Thanks for your reply, but I may as well spray it all white I was just hoping not to do that as I was hoping to just be  able to blend in the patch

  • Phishing
    Phishing Forum Participant Posts: 597
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    edited August 2020 #4

    There are a million shades of white and if you do not have the paint code it will always look like a patch.

    Ask Swift for the paint code or RAL shade and then you can buy rattle cans online made to that colour, or go to a body shop and get them to scan it and paint it.

    Personally I would do the whole thing a different colour, something similar to the front panel charcoal insert color would look good!

  • Remraf
    Remraf Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited August 2020 #5

    Thanks for your reply May have to do that.

  • Tigi
    Tigi Forum Participant Posts: 1,038
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    edited August 2020 #6

    Depends on how different the shade of white is but you do find the same white will appear slightly different on even newish vans depending on the surface to which they are applied e.g. the same white applied to aluminium sides will age differently to the fibreglass of the front panel.

  • jca
    jca Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited August 2020 #7

    If you take the cover to a motor factors that mix paint they can do an exact match for you.

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