Graphite car color. How to find out the paint number of your car? Three solutions for finding tone: VIN, special code and computer matching

15.06.2019

The body colors of the VAZ 2106 and other models have more than a hundred different shades. They are carefully interested in the owners of domestic VAZ cars, who intend to paint them with their own hands. Thus, it is possible to save a significant amount of money, and a car that has received tuning parts painted in the same color as the body will look like a new and stylish foreign car. Only now it’s not easy to choose the color of the body color on the Vase if you don’t know what they are called, under what code they appear and where they are indicated. All this will be discussed in detail in the article.

How to determine the exact color

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So find out exact color his " iron horse» — priority, which has to be solved before the start of painting work. To determine the color, you must use the following recommendations:

See what color is indicated in the vehicle data sheet. As a rule, not only the technical data of the model are written on the front of the document, but also its color is listed;

View in warranty card. As a rule, this applies to relatively new VAZ models;
Look at the body. Usually on the lid luggage compartment or on the glove compartment is indicated is all the necessary information.

There are several other ways to determine the desired color. Some even turn to professional colorists for help if they can’t find color data. Others try to do it themselves using a code and color chart.

VAZ models and their colors

VAZ cars, which revealed themselves to the world thanks to the decision of the Central Committee of the CPSU to build a new large car plant in Togliatti, at first completely copied the models of the Italian concern Fiat. Some machines were even built by Italian specialists using their own technologies.

"Six"

One of best models of the VAZ concern called "six" and today runs briskly on the roads of our country. Almost 40 years have passed since this car first left the assembly line, but it still enjoys considerable popularity among motorists in the countries of the former CIS, and sells well.

Before proceeding to describe the color of this car, we recall that the “six” is a 5-seater rear wheel drive sedan. In the entire history, which lasted until 2002, about 4 million units of this legendary car were produced.

"Six" had many modifications. There were ten of them. At one time, they even produced a VAZ 2106 pickup truck and a “six” with a right-hand drive for countries with left-hand drive.

Color name	Code	Additionally
Eggplant	107	Dark purple color.
Amethyst	145	Silver purple metallic.
Primrose	210	Light yellow color.
Cappuccino	212	Light grey-beige color.
Safari	215	Light beige color.
golden beige	109	Golden beige metallic.
Success	123	Orange.
Cherries	162	Dark scarlet.
Pomegranate	180	Dark burgundy.
Flame	193	Dark red (from new colors).
White	201	White.
snow white	202	Bright white.
Alpine	205	White metallic.
City	231	Golden brown (from new colors).
gray white	233	Grey-white.
Honey	234	Yellow gold metallic.
Beige	235	Beige.
Grey-beige	236	Grey-beige.
Antelope	277	Silver beige.
Cashmere	283	Dark brown.
Jam	285	Metallic tan.
South Cross	290	Grey-beige metallic.
Creamy white	295	Creamy white.
silver willow	301	Silvery greenish metallic gray.
Bergamot	302	silver- metallic green.
Agave	303	Green metallic (from new colors).
Nautilus	304	Dark green.
Asparagus	305	Silver-light yellow metallic.
Avens	306	Olive.
Green Garden	307	Dark green.
Sedge	308	Green-blue metallic.
Currency	310	Grey-green metallic.
Iguana	311	Silver bright green metallic.
Green tea	312	Green (from new colors).
Aquarius	313	Grey-green metallic.
Meridian	317	Green.
Duchess	321	Silver milky green metallic.
Moulin rouge	458	Vivid purple.
Atlantic	440	Dark blue.
moray eel	377	Blue-green.
Baltic	420	Blue-green.

"Nine"

Front-wheel drive VAZ 5-door hatchback, developed at VAZ, where it was produced in a row for 17 years. IN given time is going, as you know, in Ukraine, but with a different power unit. Interesting feature VAZ 2109: when added rear seats this hatchback surprisingly simply turns into a cargo-passenger model, a kind of a full-fledged station wagon.

The color scheme of the "nine" was much more elegant than the colors of the VAZ 2106. A wonderful shade of paint called Rhapsody, known to all professional colorists, emphasized the peppy look and valiant appearance of the car. "Nine" was adored by young people, she was associated with the future revolutionary changes in the way of life, they composed songs about her, and wrote poems.

Today, the "nine" is very common. But for the most part, used samples of the former beauty of the exterior are not. Almost all hinged body parts of used “nines” bear traces of paint, obviously not applied in the factory, and corrosion centers are visible to the naked eye.

Only caring owners managed to keep the car flawless until these days. They owe this, of course, to the timely care of the paintwork.

The choice of color for the "nine" is very important. If it needs to be replaced body part according to the body color, the table will help you easily find the desired color.

Color name	Code	Additionally
Triumph	100	Silver red metallic.
Franconia	105	Dark cherry raspberry color.
Coral	116	Silver dark red color.
Carmen	118	Red.
Marlboro	121	Red metallic.
Mayan	120	Silver maroon color.
The Cherry Orchard	132	Silvery red with a dark sheen.
Paprika	152	Silver-red-orange.
Tornado	170	Red.
Golden field	245	Golden metallic.
Mirage	280	Silver-yellow-green metallic.
Opatija	286	Silver-orange metallic.
Niagara	383	Silver-gray-bluish metallic.
Rhapsody	448	Silver blue metallic with a bright sheen.
Emerald	385	Silver green metallic.
Charoite	408	Silvery-violet color with a dark tint.
Breeze	480	Green-blue.
Victoria	129	Silvery red with a bright sheen.
Magic	133	Silver with a dark sheen.
Prize	276	Silver beige.
silver willow	301	Green with a light sheen.
Amulet	371	Green with a dark tint.
Papyrus	387	Green-gray with a silvery sheen.
Opal	419	Blue with a silvery sheen.
Neptune	628	Gray-blue with a dark tint.

"Ten" and Vaz 2111

The tenth and eleventh Vaz models replaced the so-called "satellite" versions of the Togliatti plant. Today they are quite common, well bought, preserved and used options in very good condition.

Each color of the tenth model and VAZ 2111 has a unique code and is distinguished by individual tints.

Color name	Code	Additionally
Defile	150	Golden reddish brown metallic.
White	202	White with a bright sheen.
Iceberg	204	White 2-ply.
Almond	217	Beige pink.
Pearl	230	Milky white metallic with a silvery sheen.
star dust	257	Beige-lilac metallic.
Nefertiti	270	Beige with a metallic silver sheen.
Crystal	281	Metallic yellow with a silvery sheen.
golden leaf	331	Golden green with a dark metallic sheen.
Inca gold	347	Green with a dark silvery sheen.
Sochi	360	Grey-blue-green metallic.
Geyser	423	Green-blue with a light sheen.

Niva 2121

The car is completely original, purely VAZ design. The car was born a long time ago, but as they say, in one clean breath. But today, it is the most popular SUV operated in the city and beyond.

The color scheme of the car deserves special attention. Unique colors with their own individual license plate have also found a place here.

Color name	Code	Additionally
Karma	114	Purple with a dark tint.
Jasper	140	Cherry with a dark tint.
Nessie	368	Green with a dark tint.
Lavender	675	Brown with a silver sheen.
Extravaganza	1115	Red with a bright metallic sheen.
Olympia	1121	Blue with a bright metallic sheen.
Auster	1158	Grey-brown metallic.
Golden Star	1901	Beige gold metallic.
snow white	202	White with a bright sheen.
Atlantic	440	Blue with a dark tint.

Note that not all colors are shown in the tables, but the most “running”, popular ones. In fact, there are much more unique colors of VAZ models with unusual tides.

Paint features

Restoration of paintwork or selection of body parts in body color are common types of body repair for VAZ models. AND good quality painting is the primary guarantee of a beautiful and healthy car.

Carefully, almost scrupulously draws attention to the state car paint the owner who fully understands what it all means. Here are just a few properties of paintwork, determined by the chemical composition of the paint:

Curing or the time it takes for the paint to dry;
A certain color with an individual, unique shade;
Gloss: its presence or absence;
Viscosity;
The temperature to be observed during the drying process;
adhesion and more.

Drying time is a mandatory period of time required for all the solvent to come out of the paint layer, and the surface to acquire at least some hardness. This indicator is also called the polymerization time. If the paint dries for a long time, then there is nothing wrong with that, only in one case: if the drying is carried out in a well-closed garage, hermetically sealed on all sides (something similar to a drying chamber).

In principle, it is required to provide the above conditions for any paint, but the duration of maintaining the regime may vary. So, if the paint is based on alkyd enamel, its drying time will be much shorter.

Note. However, this has its drawback: rapid drying contributes to the formation of a thin layer of film on the surface, which prevents the complete drying of the composition under it. In other words, such paint is only dry in appearance, and does not have sufficient hardness from the inside.

On the contrary, acrylic enamels (AcE) look much better. They dry, however, longer than alkyd (ALE), but they give the desired hardness.

There is another concept of paint, applicable more often in automotive world. We are talking about the ability of paint to give gloss. It is clear that matte paint will not look very good on a car, although color can be of great importance here, and matte paints are often varnished on top.

Note. For the most part, alkyd enamels have matte properties. Acrylics, on the other hand, have a shiny appearance.

Maximize the range colors allows in the first place chemical composition paints. And often, designers use melamine-alkyd enamels (MALE), which give iridescent colors from different angles, which look very beautiful. But the application of these paints is a rather complicated process and requires knowledge of the specifics, the ability to apply several layers, etc.

In turn, a lot also depends on the viscosity of the paint. So, if the paint does not match this indicator, the paint layer on the car will be cast in large drops, which looks extremely ugly and is a marriage. On the contrary, MALE and ALE have a low viscosity (liquid) and allow you to get the desired look.

A property called adhesion allows the atoms of the paint and metal of the body to firmly adhere. All automotive enamels, be it alkyd, melamine alkyd or acrylic, have almost equal adhesion. Only acrylic has this ability a little more.

Drying temperature is equally important. Thus, it is known that high temperature drying has MALE. IN this case the mark reaches 150 degrees. This severely limits its use in garage conditions, where there is nowhere and nothing to provide such a degree.

Video on how to prepare a body part before painting

Thus, the body colors of VAZ models can be easily selected from the above tables, and then buy the desired part and replace it. If the owner has sufficient experience in painting work, then it will not be difficult for him to paint a faded body element in the right color. Step by step instructions in our articles, photos and videos will only benefit in this case.

How to find out the correct body color of your car, everyone asks such a question before buying a tuning part painted in body color?
On our site there is a very huge selection of external tuning, and as a rule, these goods are ordered from us in the color of your car, but when ordering, a question arises. What is my body color exactly? It is our direct responsibility to help you find the color of your car, and this article will help you, as well as a table and a table with codes and names of colors. Keep in mind that all color information is provided only for VAZ, Lada cars.
Finding out the color of your car is very simple:
1. The first way and the fastest, look at those passports. On the front of those passports, all the basic data on the car are indicated, including color.

2. If the car is new, and you have a warranty card for it, then you can see the color of the car and the paint code in it.

3. Look at the label with the body color number, as a rule, the label is located on the trunk lid.

4. Table of colors of Vaz, to help you!

paint color name	Body paint color code	Vehicle color name
Triumph	100	cherry metallic.
Cardinal	101	bright red
Apricot	102	silvery light orange.
viburnum	104	bright red metallic.
Eggplant	107	dark purple.
golden beige	109	(IZH) golden beige metallic.
Ruby	110	red non-metallic.
Coral	116	bright red-purple metallic.
Burgundy	117	red metallic.
Carmen	118	cherry red or crimson red non-metallic depending on the lighting.
Mayan	120	pink lilac metallic.
Marlboro	121	red metallic.
Antares	125	dark cherry metallic.
Cherry	127	dark red non-metallic.
Spark	128	cherry red metallic.
Victoria	129	bright red metallic.
The Cherry Orchard	132	dark silvery red non-metallic.
Magic	133	dark purple metallic.
Amethyst	145	lilac metallic.
Defile	150	silver gray brown.
Tornado	170	red non-metallic.
Cup	171	red.
Pomegranate	180	dark red non-metallic with a slight purple tint.
California. poppy	190	golden red metallic.
White	201	pure white non-metallic. He's bright white.
Jasmine	203	white non-metallic with a slight yellow-green tint.
Iceberg	204	white non-metallic.
Alpine	205	white metallic.
Melt water	206	white-green metallic.
Ivory	207	beige-yellow non-metallic.
Primrose	210	pale yellow non-metallic.
Cappuccino	212	light grey-beige non-metallic.
Safari	215	light beige non-metallic.
light gray	215	Light grey.
Almond	217	beige-pink metallic.
Aelita	218	beige metallic.
Narcissus	223	bright, saturated yellow non-metallic.
Tea rose	228	light beige-pink non-metallic.
Pearl	230	silvery white milky.
White	233	gray-white non-metallic.
Beige	235	he is a beige non-metallic.
White cloud	240	white non-metallic. He's bright white.
Acapulco	243	bright yellow.
Golden field	245	piercing gold-lemon metallic.
star dust	257	Beige-lilac metallic.
Bronze Age	262	beige brown metallic..
viking	262	dark gray metallic.
Barkhan	273	beige non-metallic.
Prize	276	metallic colors platinum.
Antelope	277	golden beige metallic.
Mirage	280	metallic silver with a slight pale yellow or blue tint depending on the lighting.
Crystal	281	silvery yellow metallic.
jam	285	orange brown metallic.
Opatija	286	metallic colors ocher.
Creamy white	295	beige-white non-metallic.
silver willow	301	light beige non-metallic.
Bergamot	302	silver green metallic.
Mozart	302
Asparagus	305	silver green metallic.
Protective	307	Green. Non-metallic.
Green Garden	307	dark green non-metallic, similar in color to spruce needles.
Currency	310	light gray metallic with a slightly pronounced green tint or "dollar" metallic
Iguana	311	metallic green colors bottle glass.
Duchess	321	yellow-green metallic
Columbus. greenery	322	golden olive metallic.
golden leaf	331
Olive	340	olive non-metallic.
Olivine	345	olive metallic.
Inca gold	347	golden dark green metallic.
Cedar	352	grey-green non-metallic
Balm	353	green.
Amazon	355	bright green.
Caiman	358	dark green metallic.
Corsica	370	grey-green metallic.
Amulet	371	dark green.
moray eel	377	dark blue-green non-metallic.
Centaur	381	dark green metallic
Emerald	385	dark green metallic.
Papyrus	387	gray metallic with a slight yellow tint.
Babylon	388	metallic grey-beige.
Tobacco	399	green-brown metallic.
Monte Carlo	403	bright blue non-metallic.
Iris	406	pale purple non-metallic.
Charoite	408	dark grey-violet metallic.
Electron	415	dark gray metallic.
Fairy	416	blue metallic with a slight lilac tint.
Pitsunda	417	green-blue non-metallic.
Opal	419	metallic silver with a slight blue tint.
Baltic	420	blue-green non-metallic with a characteristic deep tint.
bottlenose dolphin	421	light green metallic turquoise shade.
Lilac	422	light purple non-metallic.
Adriatic	425	blue non-metallic.
Grey-blue	427	grey-blue.
Medeo	428	blue non-metallic.
Atlantic	440	light blue.
Indigo	441	dark blue non-metallic.
Lapis lazuli	445	blue-violet metallic.
Sapphire	446	blue metallic.
blue midnight	447	blue-violet non-metallic.
Rhapsody	448	blue-violet metallic.
Ocean	449	blue-violet non-metallic.
Borovnitsa	451
Capri	453	dark blue-green metallic.
Dark blue	456	Navy blue.
Moulin rouge	458	bright purple non-metallic.
Aquamarine	460	metallic colors sea wave green-blue with a predominant blue tint.
Valentine	464	gray-violet non-metallic.
Breeze	480	light green non-metallic turquoise shade.
Blue	481	in one word non-metallic
Lagoon	487	blue-blue metallic.
Azure	489	blue non-metallic.
Asteroid	490	dark blue-green metallic.
azure blue	498	but essentially - blue-black metallic.
Melon	502	silver yellow.
Chord	503	silver brown metallic.
Dark beige	509	dark beige.
Isabel	515	dark purple metallic.
Kelp	560	green non-metallic.
Black	601, 603	non-metallic black colors, barely different shades.
Aventurine	602	black metallic.
Wet asphalt	626	metallic gray of a remotely similar colors.
Honeysuckle	627	gray blue metallic.
Neptune	628	dark gray metallic blue.
Quartz	630	dark gray metallic
Borneo	633	silver-dark gray metallic.
Silver	640	silver.
Basalt	645	grey-black metallic.
Altair	660	silver light gray metallic.
Space	665	black metallic.
sandalwood	670	pink metallic.
grant	682	gray blue metallic.
The Snow Queen	690	metallic silver without any tint.
Coriander	790	golden brown metallic.
Dark brown	793	dark brown.
Pirano	795	red-brown metallic.
Cinnamon	798	brown metallic.
Green	963	just green. Non-metallic.
green avocado	1012	(IL) dark green.
Red pepper	1017	(IZH) silver-cherry metallic.
red port	1017	(IL) cherry.
Diamond. silver	1018	(IZH) metallic silver.
Auster	1158	(GM) light gray metallic.
Golden Star	1901	(GM) metallic beige gold.

You will need

- tag with code and color name;
- catalog with color samples;
- a computer program and a device for reading color;
- vehicle passport;
- warranty card;
- registration certificate;
- VIN code.

Instruction

Look under the trunk lid reverse side paint number must be written car. In addition, on some vehicles, the number tag is located on the bonnet or in the spare wheel well. If there is no number here, open driver's door and inspect the rack, sometimes the sticker is located at the very bottom, near the floor.

Please note that the sticker you are looking for contains a three or four digit code. According to the correspondence table http://www.auto-emali.ru/tech.php?doc=3 find the name of your colors and check if it matches the real one.

Contact a car service, at many stations Maintenance There is special equipment and a computer program, with the help of which employees will carry out diagnostics, read information from the machine about the color and select the name of the shade. Please note that such a program may not always accurately indicate the color, because paintwork over time you colors no, so try to somehow find a mention of the name of the shade in the documents.

Look at the documents for the car. Name colors must be indicated in the vehicle passport (PTS), in the warranty card (if the car is new, you can easily find it), in the registration certificate.

Try to find out the color of the car from an authorized dealer VAZ(their addresses and phone numbers can be found on the Internet, on the official website of the company). Find VIN Information car and address it to the representatives of the salon. The VIN code is a unique combination of 17 letters and numbers and can be found in a convenient place to read. car.

Sources:

vase color code
How to find out the color of body paint?

Appearance A car is the calling card of its owner. It must be remembered that an impeccable state is much easier to maintain than to restore later. But there are situations when the car needs re-painting.

Instruction

Open the hood of your car and, standing facing, find the engine. Look to the right: is there any special information there? If you purchased a modern one or one that has not yet been in overhaul, under the hood of an iron horse it will be possible to find a special information sheet glued by the manufacturer with a clear indication of the brand of car and its body coverage.

Open the driver's door if the sticker was not found under the hood. Examine the door post below, closer to the floor. Some manufacturers prefer to place information stickers not under the hood, but on the door.

Contact the car service to the tinter, providing him with the found vin-code. The tinker, using a special computer program, by entering your code, will be able to easily select exactly the shade that your body was originally painted with. However, do not forget that over time any paint fades and, perhaps, the original tone will already be distinguishable from the one on.

Another way to determine the tone of the paint by the vin code is to refer to official dealer, giving him the make of the car and the corresponding code. After a fairly short period of time, any employees will be able to provide you with comprehensive information and its color. At the same time, it is important to know that you can contact dealers, both by personally appearing at the office where you were purchased a car and by contacting company representatives by phone or e-mail. With the data received, you can safely go to a car service and ask that yours be painted exactly in the tone that the manufacturer indicated.

Sources:

car paint code

If the car needs partial painting, pick up color by eye is not possible. For each manufacturer, the tones of coloring agents differ, and sometimes quite strongly. The situation can be solved using the information encrypted in the VIN code of the car.

Instruction

A VIN is a 17-digit an identification number car. Each of its numbers carries certain information about the car. By VIN-code, you can find out about the date and place of assembly, body type and engine, model number, etc.

Find a special information sticker under the hood of your car (next to the engine). The chances of finding it increase if the car is modern enough and has not been overhauled.

If you did not find the information sticker under the hood, open the car door. Look at the bottom of the door pillar, many car manufacturers prefer this place to stick an information label.

Contact the car service to the tinter, provide him with the found vin-code. Using a special computer program, entering your code, a car service worker will easily select exactly the shade that was originally used to paint the body. Consider the fact that over time the paint may fade and, perhaps, the tones will differ slightly from each other.

Another way to determine the shade of the vin code is to contact an authorized dealer, providing him with information about the brand of the car and the corresponding code. After a while, the employees of any car company will give you comprehensive information regarding your car and its color A. You can contact the dealers in person by coming to the office where the car was purchased, or by contacting the company's employees at e-mail or phone. Having received the necessary data, feel free to go to a car service and ask that your vehicle be painted exactly in the tone indicated by the manufacturer.

Almost every motorist, while using a vehicle, is faced with painting, and if he owns a foreign car, then with the selection of car enamels. It’s good if the painter to whom you left the car for painting orders and buys materials himself, but what if not?

1. When choosing who to entrust the selection of paint for your vehicle, it will not be superfluous to consult with a painter. Usually the painter and colorist work in tandem, ie. the selection takes place, more often in the same place, with one person, so it’s easier to get used to the technique of applying paint, materials and you don’t have to experiment for a long time.

2. The so-called "computer selection" simply does not exist. Especially in Russia, where there are many brands of cars, from cheap Chinese to super-expensive premium brands, and, of course, ours, domestic auto industry. Each paint on any car is brought to the eye by a colorist, unless, of course, you are lucky to get the color on the first try, which, unfortunately, is very rare.

3. Based on point 2: a high-quality selection of auto enamel takes time, usually from 2 to 4 hours, not including particularly difficult cases, such as repainting the car not according to the paint code, but with the so-called "cream" - this is when the color is mixed from several cans domestic colors, or even worse, from all the remnants that the painter found at his workplace (unfortunately, it happens) or if it is not available on a car of a rare or old, or very new model. In these cases, color matching can take up to several days.

4. If you were asked to find a paint code: do not think that this is out of harm. This procedure facilitates the work of the colorist, and you have to wait less for the result. The colorist will also tell you where he is, or if you arrived in full and did not bring any detail, then he himself can go out and look at the paint code.

5. More about the time, if the employee does not have orders, then he will immediately take over your car, if there are orders, then they will be made first, simply because they arrived earlier, you are in the store, in line, you are not indignant why , all those in front were served earlier.

6. With a small volume of orders, the colorist always knows approximately how the paint will be ready, and will ask you to arrive by this time, not earlier. At in large numbers ask to call, or call himself.

7. When everything is ready and you have arrived for, you should, along with it, give test sprays or paints - these are the plates on which your paint is sprayed, if metallic, then varnished. the painter must compare these colorings with the color of the car and also make his own colorings and compare them with those of the colorist. Ideally, they should match. Also, the colorist will tell you to apply paint to the primer, at what pressure and how to paint, wet, dry, or semi-wet (in metallic, xeralic and mother-of-pearl colors this is of great importance, it also depends on the method of painting the car itself)

8. Ideally, all repair materials: putty, primer, paint, varnish, solvent should be from the same company, only then the manufacturer can give a 100% guarantee that the painting process will go well, the layers will not swell, become cloudy or delaminate.

9. As for the painters: if your master utters the phrase: what you bring, I will paint it, change the master, this person does not care about the result, which is important for you and for the time and work of the colorist. Even if the paint is chosen very well and you saw it in the painting, there is a possibility that the car will be painted badly, the color will not match, or the painting technology will be violated.

10. If you leave a car for pickup: the weather should be sunny, especially for blacks and dark metallics and mother-of-pearl, as well as machines with a three-layer coating, when the primer is colored, or color is applied to the primer, and metallic particles or colored varnish are on top. Black color without the sun is impossible to pick up.

11. White color and light solids (paints without metallic particles or mica) are best selected in clear weather, but without direct sun.

12. Metamerism is a phenomenon in which the same color under different lighting looks like two different ones. For example: the color can match perfectly with daylight and be completely different, under a street lamp at night. Metamerism occurs due to the fact that the same color was received different ways. For example, green can be a pure color, or it can be obtained by mixing blue and yellow. different shades: green1=blue1+yellow1=blue2+yellow2=green3+blue3+yellow3, but under different lighting conditions green1 is no longer = green3+blue3+yellow3 or blue1+yellow1, because, let’s say, there are more than 500 yellow shades, and there are 3 in the color matching system -4, and it is not possible to apply exactly the shade that the manufacturer used. In such a situation, the paint is selected for street lighting and a recommendation is given by transition or spray, capturing parts of neighboring parts so that at night the color difference does not catch the eye under the lantern.

13. Miracle device Spectrophotometer. To work with it, you also need a competent, trained specialist, to pick up paint without adjustment, just reading the indicators from the sample will not work, usually gives out several recipes for preparing enamel, but from them a person should choose the most suitable one, and then, correct it .

14. When you match a color for the first time, ask if it is possible to leave the recipe, you may need to remember or write down the date or serial number of the match. Then the colorist will need much less time to make you paint again, depending on the composition of the tinting, you will be able to drain the paint and make a test spray, make sure that additional tinting is not required or slightly correct the recipe and give you the paint right away.

Metallic silver car color is one of the most popular because of its versatility and practicality. Dirt and dust on such a machine are less noticeable, respectively, and it can be washed less frequently. Scratches are also less visible.

Conventional car enamel consists of three main components: a pigment, a binder, and a solvent. Metallic paint is more complex in composition. It has another fourth component - a thin layer of aluminum powder. Mixed with enamel, aluminum particles reflect light and create a metallic sheen. In addition, they protect the body from corrosion, and the paint from premature fading.

Paint application procedure

Currently, there are three systems for painting cars in metallic colors - single-layer, two- and three-layer. The first is rarely used due to the difficulty of application. Three-layer is used when you need to get a white pearl color or create a complex effect (for example, a chameleon). Such paint visually changes its shade depending on the viewing angle. When painting in three layers, a primer-toner and transparent mother-of-pearl are used as a base.

The most common option is a two-layer color. In this case, the body is first covered with a base, and then varnished. The paint adheres well to the primer and dries quickly. If there are any defects, they are removed by polishing.

The technology of applying metallic paint is generally more complicated than applying conventional automotive enamel. The layer must be very even, otherwise any spots on the surface will be more visible. The technology involves three stages: complex preparatory work, the population of the base, applying varnish. With a two-layer system, the base is applied in two layers, the second of which is drier. Each layer should dry naturally in 10-30 minutes, exact time indicated in the instructions for the paint. As a base, a paint is used that gives a metallic effect, which in itself does not have gloss and resistance to atmospheric phenomena. Lacquer is used to protect it. Before applying the varnish, it is diluted with a solvent and a fixative. It is applied in two or three layers on a properly dried base, in order to avoid swelling of the paint.
Instruction

Before choosing a car color, you need to prioritize for yourself. What is more important for you - practicality, safety, or maybe beauty and individual color preferences? Everyone who plans to buy a car should know that light and bright cars more noticeable on the road than dark cars. According to statistics, they are less likely to get into accidents. If you have great doubts when choosing a color, it is worth considering the advantages and disadvantages of all the main shades.

White cars are quite popular these days. White cars are always eye-catching and highly visible on the road. On a hot summer day, a snow-white car will always be a little cooler, because this color reflects the sun's rays, preventing the interior from heating up. However, this is the least practical solution: dirt, rust and scratches will be very conspicuous. If you need to paint over any damage, this will be the most problematic, since White paint the most capricious of all.

Black is even more popular than white. Black cars look solid and impressive. It is on black cars that high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen prefer to move. However, if you want to choose the color of the car in terms of practicality, black is not the best. the best option. Dirt and body damage on a black background are very noticeable. The black color absorbs the sun's rays, heating the interior of the car in the sun. In addition, according to statistics, it is black cars that most often get into an accident, because. poorly visible against the background of black asphalt and in the dark.

Silver color is considered the most practical. Dust, dirty splashes and body damage on such machines are not evident. In summer, the silver color, like white, reflects the sun's rays well, preventing the interior from overheating unnecessarily. At the same time, a car of this shade is always noticeable on the road. Silver color neutral, so it does not irritate and does not bother.

Tip 15: Car color matching

Match color external design a car with an interior, perhaps in this way you will not like something, and you will reject several potentially considered options.

Once you've narrowed down your choices to a bare minimum, ask family and friends for honest opinions. Before informing the dealer of your final decision, wait one day. If during this time you do not like the color, then you have done right choice!

Where are the VAZ (Lada) paint codes

Usually body color number on domestic cars indicated on the label affixed to the trunk lid.

It may also be located:

in the glove compartment;
under the spare wheel or near it;
near the brake light on the spoiler;
in the warranty card;
on the trunk lid.

It should be noted that the paper Russian automaker prescribes VAZ paint codes, called "Form 3347". Not all car owners manage to find it quickly, as it is easily lost. After buying a car, it is recommended to write down the VAZ paint codes. This must be done with a marker. Suitable for this inner side fuel tank hatch.