1970 white paint. OUCH

[Ronald R.]

I found this paint that was reccomended by our NCRS paint guru. It is $900 per gallon. Is there a better source? thanks Ronnie

[Ronald R.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

correction that was 41300 OR 1 AND HALF GALLION

[Bill L.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

Says Can Am white. 70 White is Classic White. My 70 was repainted Classic white a number of years ago. Paint is not cheap thanks to the government.

Bill

[Terry M.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

Says Can Am white. 70 White is Classic White. My 70 was repainted Classic white a number of years ago. Paint is not cheap thanks to the government.

Bill

Right you are Bill since most of the ingredients come from China it will be more expensive in the future. Get it wile it is cheap.

Try pricing red paint. It is more expensive.

[Ronald R.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

This paint shopuld be the closest match to the origional Classic white. I quess just buck up and pay. thanks guys RDR

[Gene M.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

Doing a body, strip, fill, sanding, straighten, epoxy, prime, seal, sand, finish sand, cut/buff, with repaint the cost of the finish paint is one of your least worries.

I can suggest single stage to cut $$$$ a little bit and not have the bc/cc look.

[Patrick H.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

This paint shopuld be the closest match to the origional Classic white. I quess just buck up and pay. thanks guys RDR

If you still have the paint on the car, I would have your painter color match it before you pay the big $ for a full batch of it.
What the paint store tells you is close and what is ACTUALLY close are usually not the same.

[Bill L.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

May I add to what Patrick suggests. There is likely original paint behind the door panels that will not have been subjected to the elements and might provide the best match.

I can speak from experience when I say that matching white is tough. Took several attempts to get my 70 close. One of the reasons is that GM used 55 gallon drums of paint and in the case of classic white there are just traces of blue and other tints that are quite minute when mixing just a gallon of paint.

I want to say it took about 10 spray cards to get it close on my 70.

Have fun

Bill

[Tom A.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

Ron you should not need 1.5 gallons, we normally mix 3 quarts for an entire car. A gallon should be plenty. That is a single stage color.

[Ronald R.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

I have a hard top also, my guy thought a gallon would be tight

[Robert G.]

Re: 1970 white paint. OUCH

May I add to what Patrick suggests. There is likely original paint behind the door panels that will not have been subjected to the elements and might provide the best match.

I can speak from experience when I say that matching white is tough. Took several attempts to get my 70 close. One of the reasons is that GM used 55 gallon drums of paint and in the case of classic white there are just traces of blue and other tints that are quite minute when mixing just a gallon of paint.

I want to say it took about 10 spray cards to get it close on my 70.

Have fun

Bill

Bill, I know exactly what you mean James and I think did at least that many matching up my light copper metallic (gold) 73 Camaro. Paint is not cheap.