I've thrown this advice out there several times before, and after 5 pages of the single worst color in the spectrum for me I can see where this technique was used and where it wasn't. Color isn't color isn't color when we choose what to lay on all that prep work. We imagine flow, crystal clear, reflections that dazzle, blah fuckin blah-blah. I hate maroons and felt a need to abuse myself a little this morning so I clicked it open. Still, if you want that deep look, the look as if you could dip your finger in it and taste it, that slick almost creamy depth you start with a dark ground coat. Next, the paint you have made should contain transparent tints or toners vs oxides or opaques. Some oxides need to be used or it's a kandy gig, but having the color made up with the majority of weight in transparents will give a depth that's hard to put in words. On those awesome sunny days you can see the colors that weren't done that way. Even over slick body work the bright light can't shine through the finish. Body lines wash away, and several of the cars offered inthis topic suffer that effect. Yes, even a posted pic through a monitor shows where the light stops on the color and it's all over but the cryin. Let me explain it this way, consider a piece of opaque Lexan. You can hold it up to the light and see some get through but it sure is muted, yes? Imagine if it were transparent Lexan like an old gasser window. Yeah, that's a true kandy effect, but you don't want that (or you're a baller and you do!), but you can let the color gain the ability to allow light in. I did a sample of PPG "Volante Coach Maroon" as it's made their way, then had my guy make it my way, eliminating at least 1/2 of the solids and replaced with transparent tints, but the same color. Outdoors it was like 2 different colors, theirs almost turning pink, "ours" maintained the same depth as if you're looking into the can of wet paint. This works on all dark colors. "Packard Blue" is all transparent "Prussian Blue" tint with 5 drops of white in a qt mix. Over a black base it's unreal.
Finally a good pic of Monsoon Maroon. This is the color Ive semi chosen for my coupe but this pretty much seals the deal
This car must have been sold soon after (and exported) as this looks to be the same car, I took this photo at the VHRA Pendine Sands event here in the UK in 2014.
I was wondering if you have the paint code for the rodster posted on December 20 2015. We are restoring dad's 1932 Ford 2 door sedan that my he has had since 1959. He really likes that color. Thanks
Did I ever tell you about the time a tanker ship full of blue paint left Singapore headed for San Francisco and another ship full of red paint was headed the same way from the Philippines. Well, at night, in a heavy fog, the ships ran into each other....!....? The crews survived but they were all marooned. . .
The 1936 looks a little darker - was that year a little darker than the 1940's - and a guess they might have been re-painted close to factory - my 1939 factory paint doesn't look that dark under my trunk lid.and I want a little darker.
Hopefully not too far OT, I saw a late 40's Ford convertible at Daytona one year that was almost Maroon, but not quite Maroon. The owner said it was Indian Red, which I assumed was a Ford OEM color. It was very nice. Is it the same a Maroon? A Ford color?
Belongs to a friend of mine, A lot of the work was done by Rocket's Hot Rod Garage. The car was driven to the Louisville nationals, Bonneville and Deuce days last year after being finished earlier in the year.
I like maroon,but don't care for brown or green mostly,so the closer it gets to brown,not so much. In 1960 I built a full custom,painted it Ox Blood ,George said he made it metallic with real gold powder mixed in . It was the first car I had not painted in my back year. The body shop that I worked for part time owned by George did the finish after my pre prep. His story; a good friend,who gave him a small bag of gold dust> I don't know how he mixed. I was in school the day he shot it. When I went over to the body shop after school,it looked super amazing!!!!. But turned out a little over one years later,some A-hole at school,keyed the top of my fender about 6in. long scatch! We tryed to match it,but it really was not close,so at shows,I would put a small sign on top of fender over that"Powered by Olds Rocket 88". If I had even found out who keyed my custom in 1961,I would not be here writing this. The only color photo I still have ,is this one with the top not latched down in pic.. Were I had a flat too fix ,an some gal t-papered my car over nite ! That's hole other story !
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