Silver car EYC ? Paint tip

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Silver car EYC ? Paint tip

Post by c.morewood »

If you've got a silver EYC Gris Quartz Xantia, maybe others.
Hammerite Silver pretty well matches that colour. So for touching up under sills, doors, wheelarches and even bumpers its a pretty good match.
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I concur; I used it on the silver C5, and it blended in well. In fact, I'm about to get a can for my son's Micra, which is a very similar silver.
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Post by aerodynamica »

This is a great tip thanks! I just repainted the stone chip strip of the sills with the silver hammerite and I concur - it's a good match to the Quartz Silver.
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Post by Stickyfinger »

Its a shame then that Hammerite is such a poor paint (imho) as it is very brittle. Do not rely on it for rust prevention for to long.
If you have to, wait a week and put a layer or two of lacquer over it.
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i use cheap pound shop stylee alloy wheel silver! matches really well!!
After All, I am the Cornish one!

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