I painted cars for a long time.
Began by mixing auto paints at a Dupont and SherWill jobber.
Every shop I've worked at - away from home - we had our own mixing systems.
Have seen so many changes since the early 80's there is no way I would expect any company to have a formula that would accurately reproduce a 1958 color.
Those tints are long gone and formulas superseded and improvised.
If you have any area of original color left on the car , get matched to that.
If you pick a modern color that mimmicks it closely on a chart ,
a point of awareness is if you do 5 spray outs from 5 different brands you will get 3-5 different shades of what were all supposedly the same color for the same car/manufacturer.
The sure bet is to use the Sikkens color map , but then you are practically married to buying high end color.
They have an economy line called Lesonal they can most times mix the formula in , but see above about the 3-5 shades.
If you have to have econo color , start with small quantity -- if it looks "right , on the mixing stick" -- then do a spray out with letdowns using 3 different air pressures.
Then clear coat the sample and investigate.
The color on it now looks okay indoors , but not so good outdoors.
Last edited by Baron Von Zeppelin; 08-13-2024 at 02:01 AM.
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