Birth of the Blue Missile
Ross,
I've said this was a God project, here is a perfect example of His provision.
I bought one gallon of Kirker satrburst from auto body warehouse. I did a small test panel which looked like charcoal grey. After contacting Kirker I was sent a replacement gallon, but they sent more of the same batch, with a Qt of straight black. They then sent another gallon of the "new" corrected batch, with extra black again. I "boxed" them in a new 5 gal bucket, and added a fair amount of blue ultra-micro blue flake I've had sitting around for years. On top of that they sent a gal of prep-wash, and some extra activator as well. The test panels look great, The black starburst with a touch of extra blue.
.........All for $125.
And a relationship with the manufacturer.
Andrew