Moondust Silver XSC2431C - recommended manufacturer?

[SimonhSmith]

Hi,

I’d like to know if anyone can recommend a manufacturer of Moondust Silver which is a really good (I.e near perfect) match?
Oddly Ford do not seem to sell this paint anymore.
I had an area of scratches on my bonnet which a previous owner had made a poor job of touching out. I rubbed down and then tried using Halfords Moondust silver spray paint but the colour match was awful. I’ve rubbed it out and now have a rather unattractive patch of primer showing……

Looking on the site I’ve found the correct paint code and doing a Google search on this I’ve found many manufacturers claiming to mix rattle cans exactly to the code. However before I part with £20+ for a spray can I was hoping someone could let me know a manufacturer they’ve used and can confirm the colour match is good?

Thanks

Simon

 

[John Woodward]

Sorry I can't recommend anything for Moondust silver, I've only used Halfords Moondust silver for wheels and it was OK.
I'm not a fan of Halfords, but have found their Magnum grey and Radiant red to be a good match. Hycote Magnum grey was not a good match and Hycote Medium steel blue is fairly close, but I did buy 3 cans of Hycote Medium Steel blue and none of them were the exact same colour.
I suspect that both Halfords and Hycote are manufactured by the same company, JBL, as the print of the code on the base of the can is the same.

 

[RICHARD MANSFIELD2]

Hi.
If you go into any good automotive paint supplier they can do an exact colour match for you. Bare in mind paint will fade even if you think a colour like silver will not. So even if you got a can from Ford the chances are it will be a miss match. My local shop will do a colour match to the car for £13.

Regards,
Richard.

 

[SimonhSmith]

Thanks for the replies.
Richard, I'd not thought of that - I'll try one in the coming week and see how I get on.

Thanks

Simon