Has anyone tried the Duplicolor Ceramic Engine paints? How does it compare to VHT? Is the color for the torquoise correct if you have used that color?

Hello. Yes , I used the Duplicolor ceramic engine paint.
I used the gloss black to paint a radiator. Still looks good after 6 years.
I don't know how it compares to the VHT brand and no experience with
turquois color.

Used it (Chrysler Red) on the custom dash I did on my '64 Polara build. Cuts and buffs nice and it came out beautiful.

I know it's not what you asked, but I used the Mopar brand, and it covers REALLY well, and I've used it in the past and it has held up well too. Available jegs, summit, etc. Yes, I still need to do water pump.

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I painted a new bellhousing ONLY with the Duplicolor ceramic paint & it had very little shine

I used the Duplicolor Chrysler Blue. Still nice after 8 years. Not as shiny as when I first did it but still nice.

I've tried every brand of spraybomb Chrysler turquoise ("early Chrysler blue") I could find & none are close to a '65 big block,they are all "too blue". The original color has more of a greenish tint to it.

No, none are correct, they might as well be blue. Closest I have found is Seymour Detroit Diesel Alpine Green. I've been wanting to try the Dupli-Color Detroit Diesel too, it looks like its also pretty close.

I've used por 15s engine paint and the colors have been right on with the mopar spray cans.... but it's shinier and far more durable.

the biggest argument one will have - what was the original shade/color?

everyone has an opinion what the original paint "when new" looked like

here's a not-too-beat-up '69 turquoise valve cover - is it accurate, did it age darker, grayer???

Look at Bill Hirsch Automotive, its dead on in my opinion. Not cheap but correct and holds very well.

6BBLLGT - That valve cover looks very blue to me. Every Turquoise big block I've ever had looked much more green (like the Alpine green) than any of these blue colors sold as "Chrysler Turquoise" or that valve cover. The paints sold as "Chrysler Turquoise" would probably be a close match on that valve cover. I honestly could not differentiate between that valve cover and 72 and up Corporate blue. But you are right, the aging does effect it.

One other thing - Mancini sells paint now that they claim is a correct match.

No experience with the turquoise; but I like the Hemi orange. Add reducer and their hardener, spray with a gun. The hardener increases gloss according to their literature. With the hardener, it's as durable as BC/CC, spray it with brake cleaner, lawyer thinner, etc and it wipes off as clean and shiny as the day it was sprayed.

Just don't spray it too thick, and make sure all oil and grease is out of the pores of the casting. I have a problem of not wanting to be wasteful, and spraying everything I mixed up. One engine got too thick and when replacing the water pump, the paint chipped and lifted

Bill Hirsch on my old Satellite.

I only use Bill Hirsch paints, never an issue and I think the color is as close as you can get.

Hirsh's green looks a lot closer to the orig color of my 64 Belvedere's 383. I tried Duplicolor Chrysler green & its too blue. (you can see the thermostat cover I sprayed with it doesn't match.)
Tried VHT early Chrysler blue & no close match there. Think I'll give Frank Badalson a call as his paints seem to be good matches. Could have my valve cover scanned & paint matched locally, but a can of mixed spray paint is about $70.

For my '62 Imperial 413 I have tried Duplicolor Chrysler Green, Bill Hirsch Turquoise, and Duplicolor Alpine Green. Chrysler Green was too blue, Bill Hirsch a bit dark, and Apline Green a bit too light and green.....I think I'd like to try Alpine Green 947 and 225, although I have yet to find them anywhere.

It is good paint..dont know about how well the match is..? I just used the ceramic cast iron colored engine paint on my brake calipers..installed them and they were bad, so pulled them back off and rebuilt them..had brake fluid and grime all over them (Dot 5) and none of the paint came off! Its really good paint for spray can..

About 20 years ago, Krylon 91904 Teal Blue was a pretty good rattle-can match, but it's no longer available.
Looking around on the web, Krylon now has a 5568 Satin Jade that may be close in hue, but it's satin.
Jeg's shows the Mopar P4120752AB available, and in a sprayout photo it looked pretty accurate, though darker - ???
Also saw VHT's SP126, also looks fairly accurate but haven't tried it.
I bought a can of Classic Industries' K89162 but haven't tried it yet.
Hirsch's color seems off to me, which surprises me as I've used their Chrysler Red and it was accurate and great out of a gun.
The photo Triggerfish posted looks most accurate to what I recall mine being.