nitromainia

Marina Blue 1967 #976 Best Color Match for blend to Original Lacquer?

Hoping for opinions as to what Paint Manufacturer even comes close...

Anybody have real experience and something close to start with??

...Thanks!

rayluka

I cross reference it to PPG 13364. Should be a match.

http://www.paintcodes.net/chevy-paint-codes-1967.html

nitromainia

Ray, Thanks, Your avatar is a riot! Boeri- It's Your Head!

Anyway, Thanks for the link, but the problem is deeper than the "formula" ...The modern formulas are suprisingly far off from the originals... I have a 90% Original Paint Survivor that needs a blend.... Marina Blue (the real thing) is a surprisingly flamboyant and pretty color with a certain "pop" that is very difficult to duplicate...

rayluka

I got ya. Sorry I cant be of help

maddoggyusa

I found a few things which might help...
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Acrylic lacquer is still made by Dupont (under the name Lucite, this is the original acrylic lacquer) and ppg under the name duracryl. These are easy to spray and will give you the finish you are looking for.
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a good read on matching paint....
http://books.google.com/books?id=5jN...esult&resnum=9

maddoggyusa

From what I see, Corvettes stopped using nitrocellulose laquers in 1957.

So 1958-1980 Corvettes all use Acrylic Lacquer.

So I'd say you just need a local PPG place to color match your car...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...er-system.html

nitromainia

[QUOTE=maddoggyusa;1570336975]I found a few things which might help...
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Acrylic lacquer is still made by Dupont (under the name Lucite, this is the original acrylic lacquer) and ppg under the name duracryl. These are easy to spray and will give you the finish you are looking for.
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If you can buy DuPont Lucite locally, I want to talk to you ASAP! Please Private message your Phone # ! ..Thanks, Kevin

maddoggyusa

It seems the PPG Duracryl is readily available and most people say it's better than the Dupont.

TCPGlobal sells Duracryl as I'm sure most PPG distributors will as well.
http://www.tcpglobal.com/docs/ppgddlp.pdf

If it were me, I'd try driving the car to a PPG supplier that can mix and compare directly to the car. I had my '66 Impala with original paint matched by a shop years ago and it looked great.... but it was Lemonwood Yellow and perhaps easier to match.

I always use this for finding paint codes...
http://corvettepaintcodes.com/