Working on a 1951 Dodge B3B pickup. Truck was dis***embled and painted 20 years ago with only the cab being re***embled. Now I have task of trying to match the paint. Have tried scanners and have paint formula from PPG, no luck. Looking for a shop or supplier that can actually match the existing paint. Located in the Richmond, KY area where there are very few suppliers and those available are of no help. Thanks
Paging @Lloyd's paint & gl*** He’s down your way and might be able to help. Love those old Dodge trucks!
This is correct. You MAY come close if you find an expert paint sales person. Start by looking at fleet colors. Best to plan on a new complete paint job.
Wraymen, thanks. Looks like Lloyd is reasonably close. I agree on the old Dodge trucks. Often wondered why Dodge trucks never caught on like Fords or Chevy.
Where's this wild hare growing? Occasionally I get one in my *** and do something stupid lol... yeah man, Duane at auto paint supply in Farmers Ky. If you shoot across Boonesborough road it's not that far really. Maybe 45 minutes. He is damn good at what he does. I'll hook you up with him if you want. I buy all of my paint supplies from him.
This Wild Hare is located in the Berea/Richmond area. If you are referring to Williams, I did find a phone number on the innerweb. Likely won't be able to get to Farmers until some time next week. If yu would like to give Duane a heads up it would be appreciated. Thanks
I sure will, just ask for Duane, he has the patience of Jobe when it comes to tinting paint. I'm 10 minutes away, give me a yell and if I'm not at the firehouse, I'll go with ya.
You are a one of a kind Lloyd. If you ever need anything from up the coast give me a holler. I’m too old to do anything illegal (within reason) but I’d be happy to check out a car or whatever if needed. I’m hoping to attend the Holley reunion at Bowling Green this year or next, hope to run into you there.
One thing on my bucket list is to visit Maine and eat lobster right on the ocean! And you can meet me there! come to the reunion, I promise you'll have the time of your life!
I’m a good ways from Maine but I do live a few miles from the Chesapeake Bay. We could shove a bunch of crab meat onto a bun and pretend it’s a Lobster Roll. I’ve been to the reunion twice. I stay at the hotel across from the Corvette museum. Always had a great time! One of my favorite events.
New paint shot 20 yrs ago... Can you tell if it's lacquer, enamel or ??? Never know with this stuff. Friend of mine used to get paint from work(industrial valve company, had the paint booth guys run him off a gallon), painted 2 truck projects with it. Tough as hell but who knows what it was. They had 2 colors dark green and medium gray. One truck was grey, othet truck was equal parts dark green and grey. He was ballsy enough to drive them to work after they were done. No one said anything
Used to work for a company that made equipment for ships and oil rigs. Had to use an extreme use epoxy, blue or gray in color. Don't believe anyone used it for personal vehicle but would lasted a very long time.
With the technology we have today we still don’t “match” paint. I’m not doing it anyway. Panel painting isn’t a thing today. We blend. It’s harder when you add age. The scanners aren’t created for a perfect match but the best blendable possibility. ive seen paint miss matches from the same can. I can change air pressure and change a colors shade. Tinting colors is very time consuming. Most shops can blend faster than match a color perfectly. If you can live with a slight shade issue, get it close and live with it. If you need a perfect match, the quickest route is to blend but now you can have gloss differences. To avoid that, paint all of it. more info like color, metallic or solid, type and pics would help paint matching is a dying art. The industry is geared to collision work. That means speed. The matching scan tool speeds up the process to get a blendable match. A painter friend of mine kept a binder with spray out cards with every color he sprayed. On the back was the formula and air pressure. He’s the only guy I’ve seen panel paint metallic colors.
Just an Idea here but if you have a small piece of something painted , might be easier for him to mix up something. Lippy
Just a quick thanks to Duane at Williams Auto Paint for mixing a paint to match a 1952 Dodge Dark Green. Lloyd as well for the recommendation.
There's guys still out there that doesn't have to do everything by the book brother we're still old school around here. Sorry I missed ya.
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