RE: Car Spray Paint

My local Auto Value has made up many cans for me using their scanner device. Good matches too.

Mike

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Sent: Monday, February 10, 2020 1:52 PM
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Subject: Re: Car Spray Paint

Good point. I seem to recall reading an article about a paint supplier using some sort of a scanner/ laser type device that

scans the paint on the car *as it is* and makes a batch of paint from that scanned color sample, not from the original

factory formula for the Mopar paint color.

Thanks,

Gary H.

> -------Original Message-------

> You can have your local paint shop match up the color and they can put

> it in spray cans for you. Now my car is a solid color red no metallic

> and I touched up my engine bay with a foam brush and I polished it and

> it looks good not perfect but most is going to be covered by the

> engine and stuff anyway it was a single stage so it didn't need clear.

> But beware sometimes the paint dont match right, it is a little off, a

> couple shades. May want to have him make a test batch to try it

> against what you have. Fading and age cause that.

> -------- Original message --------

> I am looking forward to Spring and some paint work on a 73 Challenger.

> I want to bring it back to original B-5 Blue and think I want to

> respray the engine and inner door, trunk, etc before placing a new 440

> engine into the car and having the body profession all sprayed at a

> local shop.

> I have a spray gun, but have never used it, and think it might be

> easier to use a couple spray cans to get into the inner door, trunk,

> etc. Also, since I believe the original paint is an acrylic enamel

> (?), might want to stick to that...

> Have any of you use the spray can from some of the on-line merchants

> (Recommendations?). Any recommendations or thoughts on the painting?

> Larry

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