My local painter and I had a lot of trouble finding the correct paint combination to reproduce the greenish-silver paint found on the wheels of 70s. And when I searched the archives, usually what I found was "add (some mystery amount) of medium green to argent silver". Trying that in different amounts never worked for me.
I also tried OEM's rattle cans, but that color didn't look right to me either.
Eventually my painter thought he had the right combo after shooting a test panel. But when he put that formula in rattle cans for me to use, it oddly changed the tone to almost a light blue. So I recently had him shoot my wheels for me himself, and I think the color is perfect, which I wanted to share.
The first picture shows what I believe to be an original wheel. The next picture shows how my wheel came out.
The next pic gives a comparison of a wheel with straight argent silver, by a wheel with the rattle can paint that came out kinda blue, and then the final correct color.
Here's the exact PPG formula my painter used, which is pretty complex and confusing (to me, anyway
) :
Brand Code: 5471 Main Layer
Mixing Scheme: Deltron 2000 (DBC)
SKU Desc. Inc. (part) Cum. (part)
DMD 649 Clear 152.7 152.7
DMD 1687 Med. Alum. 360.4 513.1
PRL 93 Gold Pearl 53.3 566.4
DMD 641 Yellow 21.3 587.7
DMD 691 Black 12.4 600.1
DMD 646 Weak White 4.9 605.0
PRL 91 Green Pearl 4.9 609.9
DMD 1693 Green 3.8 613.7
DBX 1689 Clear 418.5 1032.2
I'm sure there are other (and probably more simple) formulas, but this worked for me.
I also tried OEM's rattle cans, but that color didn't look right to me either.
Eventually my painter thought he had the right combo after shooting a test panel. But when he put that formula in rattle cans for me to use, it oddly changed the tone to almost a light blue. So I recently had him shoot my wheels for me himself, and I think the color is perfect, which I wanted to share.
The first picture shows what I believe to be an original wheel. The next picture shows how my wheel came out.
The next pic gives a comparison of a wheel with straight argent silver, by a wheel with the rattle can paint that came out kinda blue, and then the final correct color.
Here's the exact PPG formula my painter used, which is pretty complex and confusing (to me, anyway

Brand Code: 5471 Main Layer
Mixing Scheme: Deltron 2000 (DBC)
SKU Desc. Inc. (part) Cum. (part)
DMD 649 Clear 152.7 152.7
DMD 1687 Med. Alum. 360.4 513.1
PRL 93 Gold Pearl 53.3 566.4
DMD 641 Yellow 21.3 587.7
DMD 691 Black 12.4 600.1
DMD 646 Weak White 4.9 605.0
PRL 91 Green Pearl 4.9 609.9
DMD 1693 Green 3.8 613.7
DBX 1689 Clear 418.5 1032.2
I'm sure there are other (and probably more simple) formulas, but this worked for me.

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