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Paint codes and todays paint

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Kodiak12060, Aug 3, 2004.

  1. Kodiak12060

    Kodiak12060 Sponsor

    Haven't had to deal w/ this before but how do paint formulas, as written in a 62 jeep manual, relate to paints today?
    If I have the 62 formula how would you go about duplicating it? Is there a conversion chart?
     
    Kodiak12060, Aug 3, 2004
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  2. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    I don't know about a conversion chart, but obviously color matching is one way. Sherwin Williams for example, still has older paint colors in their system as a good number. In other words "Spruce Tip Green" for example, is readily available in Acrylic Enamel.
     
    Glenn, Aug 3, 2004
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  3. biggnbrittle

    biggnbrittle New Member

    acrylic enamel is what they would have used back then too... well that or a laquer based paint... but they wont sell you laquer anymore... the enamel is very easy to spray and make it look good... and if there is some texture to it when ur done its easy to wet sand out with 1500 grit sand paper.... and you wont have to worry about metalics flacking up bc they are solid colors... if you need help i would lend a hand....
     
    biggnbrittle, Aug 7, 2004
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  4. gte636p

    gte636p Member

    the paint store by me mixed up a 46 color and it matched exactly like the splotch he had. more impressive to me was that he actually had a 46 willys color splotch... and everything for jeep going through 74.

    i'll chime in again on the acrylic enamel. so far i've painted three jeeps. two have been acryliv enamel and turned out good, the last was a base/clear coat which turned out good as well. the only difference between everything is that the base/clear has little scratches in it from sanding; but it was by far the cleanest before i began painting. it seems (to me) as though the acrylic enamel sprays thicker and will cover up the really small blemishes better.
     
    gte636p, Aug 7, 2004
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  5. Glenn

    Glenn Kinda grumpy old man Staff Member

    Acrylic enamel may or may not be metallic, it just depends on whether or not the color you want is metallic.
     
    Glenn, Aug 7, 2004
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  6. Kodiak12060

    Kodiak12060 Sponsor

    Thanks for all your help I'll relay it to the painter.
     
    Kodiak12060, Aug 7, 2004
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  7. Kodiak12060

    Kodiak12060 Sponsor

    Just got done talking to the local Sherwin Williams dealer. I gave him the original paint code and he said that none of the tints for the original color are made any more. Anyone else have ideas?
     
    Kodiak12060, Aug 31, 2004
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  8. timgr

    timgr We stand on the shoulders of giants. 2022 Sponsor

    timgr, Aug 31, 2004
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  9. John A. Shows

    John A. Shows Comic Relief

    Here in this small town I live in we just go to Napa to get our paint. Believe it or not when I asked the guy if he had "President Red" for a '69 CJ5 he looked it up in his book and said "yep here it is right here". Sure enough he had a book with paint codes in it from every manufacturer way back to the '50's and it had "president red" in it along with all other codes for jeep paint.
     
    John A. Shows, Aug 31, 2004
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  10. 66cj5

    66cj5 Jeep with no name

    66cj5, Aug 31, 2004
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  11. w3srl

    w3srl All-around swell dude Staff Member

    Some of the better auto-body suppliers have a 'reader' which can analyze a paint chip and duplicate it in today's paints. I had my Jeep's "Potomac Grey" done this way before I decided on a more modern "Solar Yellow".
     
    w3srl, Aug 31, 2004
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  12. Kodiak12060

    Kodiak12060 Sponsor

    I'll try again. Thanks you, Bill
     
    Kodiak12060, Sep 1, 2004
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