35 Ford Apple Green Paint Formula

[PeterinNH]

I'm going to paint my 35 convertible sedan wire wheels Apple Green. Does anyone have the paint formula for that? I'm going to use PPG Single Stage Concept Urethane.

 

[PeterinNH]

In addition to the needed formula how much paint is needed to paint the five wheels?

 

[TJ]

It would be cheaper to powder coat them. There's a wide variety of powder colors.

 

[Don Rogers]

Make sure you paint them medium apple green, not bright apple green.

 

[danliveshere]

Peter this link has different codes.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?manuf=Ford&year=1935&rows=50

 

[PeterinNH]

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll see what I can do with the paint code link.

 

[blucar]

I will second the suggestion to powder coat the wheels. Any good powder coating company will sand blast/strip and prep the wheels before they powder coat them.
The myth that tires will slip on a powder coated wheel is not true, I have used powder coated wheels for over twenty years with no problems.

 

[CA Victoria]

Crickets..........Peter, my wheels were done in a variation of apple green. When you get to that point I would be interested in getting a color card from you that our DuPont store can match to.
or
Does anyone have the correct Medium Apple Green? If so maybe we can work together to re create a code via color matching.

 

[highbeams]

Just a comment . . . years ago, I had my Model A wheels professionally painted. When I lug-nut tightened the first wheel . . . surprise! the paint-coated lug nut hole area peeled off upon turning contact!!!!!! So "forewarned is forearmed" . . . you know how to proceed to prevent! (bummer!)

 

[Detonator]

I had my Model A wheels professionally painted. When I lug-nut tightened the first wheel . . . surprise! the paint-coated lug nut hole area peeled off upon turning contact!!!!!! So "forewarned is forearmed" . . . you know how to proceed to prevent! (bummer!)

I always grind down the area where the lug nut shoulder seats against the wheel. This is especially true for powder-coated wheels. If you don't it'll crack, and leave you with a bunch of loose nuts.

 

[DavidG]

And the relevance to assisting Peter finding the original color paint for his wheels is .....?

 

[ronn]

And the relevance to assisting Peter finding the original color paint for his wheels is .....?





so that maybe he doest have to rinse and repeat 2-3 times?