[Bentwheelbob]

So I had a couple cans of new OER K89210 I purchased for the Black Car fluffing. I sprayed a test strip on the valve cover which I had painted with the same OER paint about two years ago. It does appear to be more green than the previous batch. See below.

[firstyearta]

Thanks for the sample spray-out. That's looks similar to what I'm getting. Not sure if I just go with it or find something else before I drop this engine back in. I'd really like it to be as close to correct as possible. Grrrr!

[azbirds]

In the pictures the aluminum intake manifold is painted. I thought they are natural aluminum in color. Have I been wrong in thinking they are unpainted?

[Transamric]

Originally Posted by azbirds

In the pictures the aluminum intake manifold is painted. I thought they are natural aluminum in color. Have I been wrong in thinking they are unpainted?

1969 & '70 RAIV intakes were left bare aluminum while '71 & '72 455HO intakes were painted engine color.

[azbirds]

thanks, I will be adding some paint.

[Bentwheelbob]

Here's another picture with a smear of of the Scott Tiemann formula added in the mix.

A question for you painters in the crowd - I have about two-thirds of a quart left of the Tiemann mix in PPG Delstar. It's about 3 years old and when I opened it there was about a 1/4" of spongy set up paint on top that I had to remove. After shaking and stirring the remainder, the paint seems fine and the color looks good. Will this paint still be ok to use?

[Norwood]

Yes and do a spray out and get it scanned so you have the formula

[transam1972]

BWB, as usual I am late to the party..am I to understand that the center spay paint is a recent O.E.R. paint can purchase?...if so it looks awesome!!...really that hue to me looks spot on ,especially considering a paint can..I want to fluff my engine too!!...can you tell me who you ordered it from and as usual one step behind you!...thanks TA72

[firstyearta]

BEWARE!

OER apparently has changed the formula for this paint. I ordered another 2 cans thinking may I just got a bad batch. My original can was dated June of 2015, this can is dates September of 2015. It appears the correct color quit being made sometime in 2014 or early 2015. Here are some spray outs I did.

[Judge273]

I found it to be true too. New OER paint is a greener tint? Now what?

[TA455HO]

Mike, I thought your engine was already painted with OEM Paints OE62210. Did you not like it?

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[firstyearta]

I attempted to see if I could have the paint mixed using the formula someone had posted on the Pontiac Power site a long time ago. The problem there is they don't make those products any longer so my paint shop was not able to help out that way. I ended up taking an original paint intake manifold I had to them and had them mix the paint. It turned out great (at least I think so). However, I didn't know when I had it mixed I had to ask them and pay extra to have them save the formula. Wish they would have asked that up front, especially because in the end I could have used a little more but was not going to pay another $75 for the match fee.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by TA455HO

Mike, I thought your engine was already painted with OEM Paints OE62210. Did you not like it?

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That's the 71 TA in the old OER mix. Planning on respraying my 72... That will be greener I guess.

[RicksGTO]

OEM Paints still lists Pontiac Teal Blue #62210 as a product that's available directly from OEM. I have a full can left for my car and think it is as close to my original parts color as anything I've seen. It's somewhere around $65 a can with a 3 can minimum so not cheap but for 2 or more guys needing some it might be worth it. http://www.oempaints.com/

[firstyearta]

The picture is not a perfect representation of the true color but it gives a pretty good idea what I ended up with after my color match.

[notime]

Heres Mikes motor, I had this paint made from a spray can color I had from the 80s that matched my old 71 perfect. It was a 33,000 original mile car and it wasn't quite as green as the motor but it looked as if the hot spots were greener than other spots. Although the color on the engine is a hair greener than my spray can, I would say its very close. However, I am getting the color tweaked slightly to match the old spray can I have which has long been discontinued. I will post a pic of the spray out from the can when I get it back. And im sure all cameras and lighting will make them look a little different in pictures.

[Judge273]

May have to go that route too.

[Brewster]

Bob, Scotts new formula is better since it he's got the shean down dead nuts. The one he had a few years ago had a bit to much semi-gloss going on.
By the way how is Dave doing??

[Lloyd-TX]

The '71 to early '73 PPG engine paint color formula in bold text below is absolutely dead-nuts on, IMO.

PPG Delstar Acrylic Enamel Formula
Mixing Color Quart Formula
DMR-441 72
DMR-486 148
DMR-411 182
DMR-490 275
DMR-410 385
DMR-400 605
DMR-495 625
DMR-499 1025

We had a quart of this color mixed and compared to the quart that I purchased from Scott Tiemann and it was a PERFECT match.

It was also a match to a low-mile 1971 valve cover I had in my parts stash.

Unfortunately the engine pics of the HO in my old Formula look a bit too bright due to camera flash effects.

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by RicksGTO

OEM Paints still lists Pontiac Teal Blue #62210 as a product that's available directly from OEM. I have a full can left for my car and think it is as close to my original parts color as anything I've seen. It's somewhere around $65 a can with a 3 can minimum so not cheap but for 2 or more guys needing some it might be worth it. http://www.oempaints.com/

Not sure how one orders this product. Tried email and call them. Nobody returned either...