Hi,

I'm touching up a 90 240 sedan in polar white at the moment. I haven't found anything off the shelf that matches very well.

A local auto parts store that sells paint mixes the 189 in a rattle can for $22 and it matches perfectly on parts not exposed to the sun. It's a hair darker otherwise, but noticeable only if you look hard.

It's single stage acrylic enamel, and if you're shopping for it I'd recommend asking for a SEM can which has the best spray nozzle.

I usually apply 3 coats 10 minutes apart. I've found that by using a cheaper generic white enamel for the first 2 coats and the mixed paint only for the final coat, I get the same results with 3 times the coverage.

Another option is to apply the first 2 coats and then let them dry 48 hours. Then sand with 600 and top coat with the 189.

regards, Peter

I've done a color match at what was then 20Ys ago, a full service local auto parts store. They supplied mixed-to-code paint --- Quart min. did it for a Green 142 on an 80 and a Silver ---the # escapes me.

They were matches, but unless you did an entire panel, it would show...called UV Exposure/Age of the on the metal paint. I had the frnt pass door spray painted by a body shop and you could still see that ===there is painted door-

Don't know what you are trying to do. But any orig paint exposed to the elements can never be matched to the on the car paint.

Get a quart or whatever the min is from a AutoPaint supplier. LifeTime supply unless you need more than a panel coated.

I think you need to go to an auto paint shop, they should be able to match anything. Getting something "off the shelf" which matches a Volvo colour will be practically impossible I think?

Ian F