Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
[Re: burdar]
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That is a drag. QQ1 bright blue is drfinitely different than B5.
I attached a pic of my gts' inner fender apron in original QQ1 blue.
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
[Re: burdar]
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12/18/21 12:07 PM
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yes the colors were always different in each batch to an extent..my FC7 challenger was much more silvery...i tried to match it..its close but not quite as purple as orig...more like it at 1 yr old...oh well
it still looks nice..maybe contact graveyard cars...i,m sure they could prob tell you since they do do many cars good luck
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
[Re: Neil]
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12/20/21 10:55 AM
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Talking with the counter people at the PPG store here it appears some of the old colors have been left behind in the single stage urethane and/or enamel world. When you try to get certain colors in base/clear they don't exist, or what they do have is off enough that it's unacceptable. One year only, or less popular colors seem to be the most problematic to get.
Personally I would rather have a single stage color that is accurate over a base/clear color that misses the mark if that is what it came down to. Agreed. It seems that if you want to go BC/CC for a classic color, you will end up having to do custom tints and multiple sprayouts if you want it spot on. And what is spot on? After 40 years any survivor won't be original so what did the color actually look like? Or you can go single stage as Neil mentioned. Or do a single stage sprayout and tint BC/CC to match. Or, if you are doing a complete, paint it with whatever is closest and call it good. The way I look at it the cut and buff craze gives you a finish that isn't OEM by any stretch of the imagination so a slight color mismatch.....
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
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12/20/21 11:15 AM
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The way I look at it the cut and buff craze gives you a finish that isn't OEM by any stretch of the imagination so a slight color mismatch..... Slight color mismatch is the key here IMO. I'm OK with that. I just didn't want it to be way off. I was worried it was going to look close to B5. Now that I see them side by side, that won't be an issue.
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
[Re: burdar]
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12/20/21 01:45 PM
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If the book formula isn't working, maybe the color of the card will be enough. If the spray out card is as good of condition as it appears, and as accurate as it seems on the computer screen (I own a QQ1 '68 charger that the exterior was repainted long ago.....your spray out card looks identical to the inside of my trunk lid)......Just an idea but it might be good to check with local suppliers to see if they have whatever the latest camera/spectrometer system is, and give that a try with a pint or so to see if you like it. I had good results with the PPG prophet system several years back/aroudn '06... which looks to have been replaced with RapidMatch. https://www.paintmanagerxi.com/XI/rapidmatch
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
[Re: ph23vo]
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01/06/22 10:31 AM
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yes the colors were always different in each batch to an extent..my FC7 challenger was much more silvery...i tried to match it..its close but not quite as purple as orig...more like it at 1 yr old...oh well
it still looks nice..maybe contact graveyard cars...i,m sure they could prob tell you since they do do many cars good luck Mine is bright, so...
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Re: 1968 QQ1 blue paint formula
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