Father/Son/Friend 63 C10 Build

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by rbruno68

Got another question. How did you color match your blue? my plan is to fix patches like you did but not paint the entire cab this go around. Mine is a factory red truck and the colors range from very orange to still close to red. If I want to put color on my repairs, I would like to see if I can blend it like you did. But, if I got to the paint store and give them my paint code, I would image the red they sell me wouldn't match the faded red on my truck.

At my local paint shop they use a "gun" to determine the paint match. I guess it sort of takes a pic and breaks down the pigments. I never use paint codes any more. They just aren't as accurate as the "gun" method in my experience.


Troy.

[rbruno68]

Originally Posted by cla5675

At my local paint shop they use a "gun" to determine the paint match. I guess it sort of takes a pic and breaks down the pigments. I never use paint codes any more. They just aren't as accurate as the "gun" method in my experience.


Troy.

I stopped in a local PPG supplier and they mentioned the same thing. I could bring them a panel and they have some way of determining all the pigments that would need to go in the paint to duplicate what I have. I think that is what I will end up doing. Now just need to figure out what shade of red of the variety of faded shades on my truck to take to PPG.

Rob