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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: Gmg31 on Sunday,September 04, 2016, 03:52:40 AM
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I've just opened my my new tin of LO4 Cirrus white to find it's not white. Have I made a stupid mistake and assumed that Cirrus white would be white or has my paint supplier messed up. It's more like a beige grey ish colour. It looks to me like the base colour and they've forgotten to put the tints in.
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Have you given it a good stirring ? I find red and yellow paints tend to settle out on the shelf with the bottom of the tin being noticeably thicker and needing a good mix to get the correct colour.
Otherwise I've not much experience of white paint. I was under the impression that the basic white was bright with tinges of blue/ivory/etc added to suit the manufacturer. It's difficult to say what's right or wrong from looking at it in the tin.
Brian
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My first Europa was white. It was A LONG time ago, but my memory was that it was a pretty bright white and not at all like the sample on your can. I wonder if you can get a second opinion - maybe from Lotus or if a paint shop could scan it to see if what they would call L04 Cirrus white...