1965 Dodge Dart Charger

65dartcharger said

The paint process is getting closer and closer.

Today I recieved the package from PPG with the paint in two spray cans and two test pieces!!

The paint was very nice. The gold metallic for the interior was dead on. The yellow exterior paint was a little tricky! To me I think it looks a little more greenish compare to my untouched piece of metal.

1. Can color get another luster over the years?
2. The later metallic seems to have a little more metallic in it compare to orginal. Does anyone have any comment or knowledge about that?
3. I don't know how they mixed paint back in the days. Did for example all yellow painted cars had the exactly the same color if you compared them?

Any help is greatly appriciated!

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1. Color can and will change with time. The sun can 'bleach' some of the pigment and cause a color change, especially with single stage paint. Modern clear coat paint has UV inhibitors which help to prevent this.
2. Modern metallics seem to have more brilliance than older metallics. I think this is partially due to a change in the make up of the metallic (not made of the same material as old metallic).
Spray technique also has an effect. Metallic paint sprayed at a low pressure using a slow dry reducer (or thinner) will cause the flake to be 'buried'. If it is sprayed at a high pressure using a fast dry reducer the flake tends to stay more on the surface.
3. Color tended to vary, sometimes considerably. I once worked on 2 pickups that were the same year and color code. The colors were so different you would have thought they weren't even the same color!
There were a lot of variables-how much paint the painter applied, temperature variations, paint suppliers, etc.

Hope this helps,
Dallas