arther dailey
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not every colour has a RAL match.
Even using pantone + RAL there's no guarantee.
What is required is OEM RAL code the component was painted in. Once you have that anyone can mix it for you.
THAT would be a very good addition to the site
then only machines I have are getting painted with it is the myford and my bridgie mill the rest is hamerite or whatever enamel I have that's bought real cheap. either red black green and blue ive got half a gallon of gold hamerite but im passing painting anything with itThey don't tell you the ral numbers in paragon though, if you want it you have to but the paint from them. Anyway i don't think many of us will be doing conkers-de-elegance on old machines anyway.
then only machines I have are getting painted with it is the myford and my bridgie mill the rest is hamerite or whatever enamel I have that's bought real cheap. either red black green and blue ive got half a gallon of gold hamerite but im passing painting anything with it
PANTONE is used in prepress printing.
RAL is for paint
There is no direct Like for like. If you take a RAL sample to a printer they will colour match it to a PANTONE colour. And vise versa.
No.
If you take a colour swatch to a colour matcher, you will get that exact shade.
If all you get is the nearest equivalent RAL or PANTONE, then you need to find a better supplier.
RAL, and Pantone, are just an "industry standard" way of specifying a narrow range of colours.
My point was, if you have a RAL colour chart, and a pantone colour chart, you STILL can't specify every colour - and a lot of machinery colours can't be specified that way.
Many OEM colours aren't a RAL shade, OR a pantone colour.
My bad. I’ll edit this later to explain how i was mixed up (irony) finger is too sore at the mo to type any more