Series 3 Bronze green paint

Hi. Could anyone please tell me the difference between bronze green and deep bronze green? I have a series 3 88. I won't be painting the whole thing, just patching in as needed. I appreciate it probably won't match too well but i'm ok with that. It's been badly painted red in the past and then badly painted green again sometime later so it's never going to win any beauty contests. I'm also assuming that it's latest green is the correct colour. It looks about right and seems to match the original colour in places where the original is still visible. Thanks for any advice. Steve.

Its just a name. All paint manufacturers have a 17 year old failed design student to think up names. These are then changed by the distributor who attempts to suggest exclusivity and changed once again by the retailer to evoke the customers none existent artistic flair.
Those that have BS codes to denote consistency are rarely anything like each other and those with a RAL number dry completely differently. Identical colours from the same manufacturers are only consistent within the same tin and vary wildly within batches. Retailers that mix on site via a dosing machine havnt a chance as the machines are by no means accurate enough nor the pigments stable enough to produce consistency on such tiny scales.
Have you tried Parisian dustbin lid green or Antique rural plaque green.

Wont matter.

Where I got my S3 paint from .. many years ago .. Deep Bronze Green is the 'lighter' colour if I remember right.

https://www.paintman.co.uk/product-category/paint/land-rover/landrover-paint-greens/

I found a part full tin of Landrover Green paint under the passenger seat after I bought my landy. Fast forward two years, I needed to paint a couple of new hinges. Out with the old tin, give it a stir and used it to coat the hinges. It looks nothing like the bloody rest of the vehicle but I suppose it could be the effect of sunlight fading the paintwork.

Col

Colthebrummie said:

I found a part full tin of Landrover Green paint under the passenger seat after I bought my landy. Fast forward two years, I needed to paint a couple of new hinges. Out with the old tin, give it a stir and used it to coat the hinges. It looks nothing like the bloody rest of the vehicle but I suppose it could be the effect of sunlight fading the paintwork.

Col

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Did you stir all the stuff from the bottom up to mix in ?

Yes I did stir it well, it was really thick at the bottom of the tin, God knows how old it was.

Col

Maybe it is just sunfade .

Thanks for the replies. I think i'm getting the idea. I will search out a can of reasonably priced, readily available, near enough bronze-ish green-ish paint.

Looking at the quality of its current respray it was certainly not carried out with tender, care and was probably done with whatever they had left over on the day.

Paul D said:

Where I got my S3 paint from .. many years ago .. Deep Bronze Green is the 'lighter' colour if I remember right.

https://www.paintman.co.uk/product-category/paint/land-rover/landrover-paint-greens/

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Thanks for the link. I have heard good things about them before. Interesting though that both deep and regular bronze green have the same code LRC001. Must be very similar.

LincolnSteve said:

Thanks for the link. I have heard good things about them before. Interesting though that both deep and regular bronze green have the same code LRC001. Must be very similar.

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Heh, never noticed that. Maybe the 'deep' is just what some people call it and they are actually identical!!! I know I bought deep bronze when I did mine ... At the time these pics was taken I'd only done the door tops and bulkhead flaps ... My kids are now 25 and 22 ..

Paul D said:

Heh, never noticed that. Maybe the 'deep' is just what some people call it and they are actually identical!!! I know I bought deep bronze when I did mine ... At the time these pics was taken I'd only done the door tops and bulkhead flaps ... My kids are now 25 and 22 ..

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LincolnSteve said:

Thanks for the link. I have heard good things about them before. Interesting though that both deep and regular bronze green have the same code LRC001. Must be very similar.

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I spoke with the paintman about his products. Really nice friendly chap. He said the difference between the two greens was "none".

After buying a whole load of his stuff I found that the enamel paint system wasn't for me. I think it is a really good system for those of us who want a quick job and are not going to bother trying to spray it (although you can also spray that stuff as well but need their "special" thinner). The biggest downside for me is that you can not polish the paint. It just goes dull if you try to do so...

...whilst most people probably aren't too interested in polishing paint (!) the "only way I know how" process of applying paint is to be able to correct mistakes. To be able to remove dead flies and buff paint is a key part of the process. I decided against the paintman system because it is so dependent on the conditions and luck at the point of application. I've also heard that it dulls down quite a bit (faster than conventional automotive paint).