Source for touch up paint

v8nut

v8nut

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Does anybody have a recommended source for touch up paint. I need Vinyard Green (1935). I don't want to buy $100 worth if I don't have to. Tks. Jim in San Jose
 
v8nut said:
Does anybody have a recommended source for touch up paint. I need Vinyard Green (1935). I don't want to buy $100 worth if I don't have to. Tks. Jim in San Jose
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Jim, It appears you've not purchased paint in a very long time. $100 gets ya a half pint around here.

If you want paint that actually matches, you'll need to take the car or a piece of the car to an automotive paint supplier and have them match it.
If you don't care if it matches all that well, and want to get by "cheap", I'd suggest you go to Hobby Lobby.
 
I know you said you don't want "to buy $100 worth". I said the same thing, but after a thorough search, this was the best I could find, for my 53' Merc, Yosemite Yellow. It is a perfect match though.

I have talked to guys that have paid $1,000 or more for a gallon. I even tried my local paint shop supplier and they were more, and on top of it didn't have the correct formula anyway. They were going to have to scan the car for a match.

Good luck with your search.
 
Merc Cruzer said:
I know you said you don't want "to buy $100 worth". I said the same thing, but after a thorough search, this was the best I could find, for my 53' Merc, Yosemite Yellow. It is a perfect match though.

I have talked to guys that have paid $1,000 or more for a gallon. I even tried my local paint shop supplier and they were more, and on top of it didn't have the correct formula anyway. They were going to have to scan the car for a match.

Good luck with your search.
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It's easy to spend $1k or more per gallon of color. Then, figure the catalyst, clear, etc. and you can double that.

To get a perfect match, I can't imagine getting it "off the shelf". There are far too many variables involved.
 
Thanks everybody. I guess I am off to the paint store with the spare tire cover. I sure wish I had asked the painter to save some for me. Jim in San Jose
 
By all means , check with your Painter and see if he can mix you some, or maybe he can give you the code he used for you to take to paint store.
Good Luck
 
I just spent $25 for a 6 oz spray can on eBay...... which did match perfectly.
Local auto paint supplier wants you to buy a pint, which corresponds to
I believe 3 full size spray cans. That's their minimum.This stuff ain't
cheap by any means now.
 
Kube said:
It's easy to spend $1k or more per gallon of color. Then, figure the catalyst, clear, etc. and you can double that.

To get a perfect match, I can't imagine getting it "off the shelf". There are far too many variables involved.
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Just lucky, I guess. Not big ares, just tough up.
 
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Even if the painter saved some it would be dried out. Best bet is to go back to the painter for more paint.
 
My local NAPA store has a color scanner and a paint guy who mixes touchup paint. I think both the scanner and the paint guy are color blind. Not even close! I have had good luck with TCP Global. My most recent purchase for a quart was well over $100 including shipping so that's what you're faced with. I will say the match was perfect. So bite the bullet, buy the paint from TCP Global and one of their air brushes and you're good to go.
 
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