tigerflyboy
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posted August 08, 2005 07:29 AM
Need PPG "Candy Thunder blue" code
I tried using the code 235 but its not in their data base. The Kawi colors are listed by names in the PPG system. I need to know a name or code. Thanks
   
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kz2zx
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posted August 08, 2005 08:14 AM
PPG didn't have a code for mine. I had mine matched by photo analysis, then test-spray-out.
When I get home, I'll see if I can find the pigment/base info on the receipts. Otherwise, I can call the shop tomorrow (closed Mondays).
Mine was a pretty good match. But the f'ing clear is tough to work with over the candy mid coats. BTW, mine was 7 coats of mid over two of base... be prepared to spend some time with this paint.
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tigerflyboy
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posted August 08, 2005 09:18 AM
boy do I appriciate this .Thanks
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kz2zx
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posted August 08, 2005 04:41 PM
They pasted the codes on the Southwestern Bell Yellow can and the Black can.
I will have to call for the others tomorrow - and now I'm semi-ticked at them.
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kz2zx
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posted August 09, 2005 12:41 PM
They're calling the shop where the guy who matched the paint's at, and will see if they can get the pigments, bases, and weights for me.
This seems a tad unprofessional. I asked the guy how I'd match paint when I needed a repair... he said they'd repeat the photo and spray-out. Huh.
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kz2zx
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posted August 11, 2005 09:56 AM
Okay, I got off the phone with them.
Answer is: I ordered it as a candy paint. It's a custom color, one-off. The guy who did the match did not keep track of how much midcoat he took from the can, nor how much tint he added, each time he did a spray-out. And the base was tinted - blue in a DBC silver base, and he didn't keep track of how much tint he dropped in it, nor di he even start with a full pint.
They'll be happy to do a match with a two-part - tinted metallic base and clear - but you can do that at your local PPG shop (carquest?), too.
So... I've got a really good deal in custom paint, but this shop doesn't want to try to rematch this three-part candy (no, I didn't piss them off, they just don't want to take the time it took again). I'll have to try another PPG shop when I need to repaint, or live with a two-part system.
If I crash hard enough that I need to paint the tank, I'll go with a two-part system.
Sorry, man, I thought I could help.
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baughb
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posted August 12, 2005 09:07 AM
does it have to be ppg?
colorrite does oe colors also www.colorrite.com and its easy to match up
-bob
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kz2zx
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posted August 12, 2005 09:24 AM
Color-Rite is $67 a half-pint for each coat, and you'll need a half-pint of base, a pint of mid (they call it top), and a pint of clear ($36).
Plus reducer ($18), and catalyst (didn't see on their webpage), plus plasticizer for the mid (may not need if they only have you spray one or two coats of mid).
Looks like about $220 plus shipping.
For comparison - I bought all three parts of the blue, yellow (numberplates), black and flattener, high-temp reducer, catalyst, plasticizer - all for $206 including tax, from the local PPG place.
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