Re: corect 1970 dupont paint code needed. Corvette
"Have you ever looked at how many formulas there are for white. One vehicle manufacturer has 7 different mixing formulas for white, and that is all for the same product line and same year model."
Ah...Yer just tryin' to worry me aren't ya? Yeah, I knew that problem existed on late model cars...Corvette Magnetic Red had fourteen variants over the years. If our Corvettes had that many different mixing formulas, you could be sure our judges would never reach consensus on which formula's appearance was the right one. You could get big deducts at every meet regardless of which formula you used.
"Best procedure it to find an original surface such as an area that has been covered by another component and have your paint jobber scan it. It may not be a perfect match, but it will get it close enough that a skilled painter can tint it."
If the offset formulas are THAT different, I'm inclined to agree...I've had good luck with those spectroscopic matches. The only problem may be finding a sheltered area that hasn't been weathered or repainted on a car nearly forty years old.
"Have you ever looked at how many formulas there are for white. One vehicle manufacturer has 7 different mixing formulas for white, and that is all for the same product line and same year model."
Ah...Yer just tryin' to worry me aren't ya? Yeah, I knew that problem existed on late model cars...Corvette Magnetic Red had fourteen variants over the years. If our Corvettes had that many different mixing formulas, you could be sure our judges would never reach consensus on which formula's appearance was the right one. You could get big deducts at every meet regardless of which formula you used.
"Best procedure it to find an original surface such as an area that has been covered by another component and have your paint jobber scan it. It may not be a perfect match, but it will get it close enough that a skilled painter can tint it."
If the offset formulas are THAT different, I'm inclined to agree...I've had good luck with those spectroscopic matches. The only problem may be finding a sheltered area that hasn't been weathered or repainted on a car nearly forty years old.
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