Buick Royal Maroon

Hi guys
I'm going to be painting my 1950 Buick Special this year and am considering painting it the 1950 Buick color Royal Maroon. I'm wondering if anyone has a car that color and if so, can you send me a pic or post one here. My current color is a maroon with some metal flake but I want to get it back to an original 1950 color. According to the color chart at http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.aspx?image=1950-buick-pg01.jpg the color is DAL-50125-DQE
ROYAL MAROON NO. 2 POLY. So I'm looking for pics if anyone has them please post them here or drop me an email at scottpconnors@yahoo.com
Thanks
Scott

 

just a word of warning....don't nessesarily trust colors on your computer screen, every color in the spectrum (seems especially with candies, flakes and pearls) will not accuratly represent the true color.

something to be said for a plain old color chip (I'm not saying dont get an idea by a computer photo) I am however saying that I dont like my paint colors on the puter but love em in real life

 

Thanks man! I totally hear what you're saying. I'm guessing that a color from 1950 would have no metal flake, candies, or pearl and would be rather a flat color? Hope I can possibly see the color in person before I paint the car.
Thanks again

 

Or Maybe buy the smallest quan***y of the color you can buy, paint a test panel and view it in all kinds of light. 20.00 or so for materials and a couple of hours can either show you the "this will work" or "let's look at the color charts again" thing without having the car painted in a color that isn't quite what you want.

The first time we painted the 48 we looked at probably 200 red/maroon shades before picking one that popped in the daylight and looked great under the lights at night.

 

'Poly' means metallic. We had a pair of 50 Buicks, but neither was that color. The color palette Buick used at that time definitely says 1950. Fits the car.

Best bet is to call around and find a paint jobber that can mix up that color. Get the smallest/cheapest quan***y and try it on a piece of cardboard. That's the only way to really see what you're getting.

 

Chumlee, Regal Maroon Poly is a metallic paint. "Poly" means the paint is metallic which has been around since the 30s. You need to study harder.

 

The metallics used in paints prior to the 60's (generally speaking) tended to contain a finer "flake". Fine enough that in some colors it was hard to tell if was actually a metallic color till you got up close. That's the big difference between then and now: It's all about flash now. Back then it all about the subtlety of the color.

That's not to say that early 50's colors were ugly or uninteresting, just the opposite is true. They had a very cl***y appearance that really set the car off.

It's not going to be easy to duplicate, but it is possible as there are many metallic toners out there in varying degrees of fineness. The hard part will probably be in finding a paint store that can convert your original formula into something their computer can understand. I think there are paint manufacturers that specialize in older colors and formulas(?)...

Good Luck

 

It wouldn't be a flat color, it would be glossy.

 

Well thanks everyone for your input. That's why I asked the question here I knew there would be a ton of people here with much more experience than I have with paints etc. I appreciate everyone's knowledge and input.

 

It's Royal Maroon NOT Regal Maroon; My name's not Chumlee it's Scott and I asked the question to get people's expertise and input not to be insulted. But thanks anyway for your great input it really helped! Ya Maroon!

 

The first Royal Maroon was on a 40 Buick. I bet my dad painted 20 cars Royal Maroon in the early 40's and up until 1950. He used Dupont Duco cellouse laq. Alot of heavy rubbing compound and alot of elbow grease. It was one of the most beautiful and rich colors around. Alot of early customs and roadsters were painted with it. Later he started adding clear to it on the last few coats. It gave it more depth. The roadsters wouild have maroon body and black fenders. When my dad was going to do a maroon I would tell all the kids in the neighborhood to tear down and sand their bikes and my dad would paint them for us. Another popular color in that time period was Hollywood Green. You won't be sorry if you paint that olds maroon.
Gary

 

Thanks! I'm looking forward to getting it done this winter and will definitely post pictures next year!