Colour matching is a very technical process, but to give you some insight, here is a brief summary:

When we respray a car, we can’t simply order the paint off the shelf.

The paint for your vehicle needs to be individually mixed from a formula that is provided to us by your vehicle manufacturer.  Each paint colour contains several different shades of paint, called “tinters”.  For example, the average metallic colour would have about 8 to 10 different colours that when mixed together in specific quantities, create the factory specified colour.

The colour mixing process is computer driven process, which allows us to mix the correct quantity of the required colour.

At most panel repair shops, the spray painter would mix his/her own paint.  Not at Scientific.  At Scientific we have designated Colour Matchers.  The Colour Matcher’s sole task is to mix and match the paint colours for the Spray Painters.  Our Colour Matcher’s are factory trained by the paint manufacturers.

When a colour has been mixed it still needs a physical “human eye check” by the Colour Matcher. This is because even factory sprayed cars do have colour variances.  The Colour Matcher will spray the paint on a sample swatch card and then take it to the vehicle to compare.  Often the Colour Matcher will need to vary the formula slightly to achieve a 100% colour match.  It can take several hours to get the colour match just right.

This is why experience and manufacturer training are invaluable in the reproduction of paint work to pre-accident condition.

Feel free to ask us for a demonstration the next time you are in.

At Scientific we ensure that everyone involved in our business understands and upholds our commitment to environmental preservation and we’re pleased to be recognised by the Australian Accident Repair Network
(AARN) in receiving their Green Member Certification.  

Some of our recent initiatives are the result of a complete utilities audit across our three workshops. For example, we have replaced all office printers with new devices from Xerox which deliver up to 70% energy savings. 

We continue to recycle all repair waste products including; rubber, plastics, metals & glass.  In a new initiative, all unrepairable bumper bars are ground down and remoulded into new bumpers. 

Where possible, we use biodegradable, phosphate free and/or quick-break cleaning products, strippers and degreasers instead of solvents. 

Our customers can rest assured that we will continue to review our operations and act in the best interests of the future of our environment.

AARN Green Certification endorses repair network members for their commitment to the protection of the environment, and their ongoing assurance to meet industry “Best Practice”. Green certified businesses have addressed key issues in helping to reduce their environmental impact.  AARN looks at disposal of waste products and storage practices, spill management, air quality, environmental management plans as well as water management systems to name a few.

Missionbeat is on Sydney’s streets every day and every night, reaching out
to homeless people in desperate need.

Mission Australia’s Missionbeat van acts as a mobile outreach centre – providing first aid, handing out blankets and swags, and offering support to find rough sleepers a bed for the night, or access to other support services.

Every day of the year Missionbeat helps around 60 homeless people in Sydney, taking them from a point of crisis to a point of safety. Missionbeat is there for people at the lowest point in their life… and never gives up on them.

But we can only continue to transform lives with support from the public.

For many years, Scientific has been a proud supporter of Mission Australia, helping to “keep Mission Australia vehicles on the road”, and now you can help too!

You can make a real difference to a homeless person in desperate need simply by donating now!

• reduce driver inconvenience
• reduce repair times
• improve the quality of smash repairs
• protect the asset value of motor vehicles
• provide a uniformed, national standard in service delivery.