[DeTomaso] Paint Code Pearl White for factory GT5-S

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

The problem seems to be that the manufacturers don't use identical bases. Hence you can't use one mfgs formula using anothers base colors.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles McCall" <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
To: "'Tomas Gunnarsson'" <guson at home.se>; <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 18 mars 2007 15:41
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Paint Code Pearl White for factory GT5-S


They may have discontinued to manufacture that paint, but if we had the
magic formula we could re-create it, right? 

All we need to know is "one part blue, 2 parts green, one part red, dash of
newt, one frog tail..." and we've got the paint. 

Are those high-tech machines that "read" paint pigments capable of perfectly
(or nearly so) determining its genetic make-up?  

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Tomas Gunnarsson [mailto:guson at home.se] 
Enviado el: Sunday, 18 March, 2007 12:54 PM
Para: MikeLDrew at aol.com; charlesmccall at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Asunto: Re: [DeTomaso] Paint Code Pearl White for factory GT5-S

This came up a couple of years ago IIRC when either Charlie or Björn asked
about this. At the time a friend of mine (working at a car paint shop)
reported that the original paint manufacturer in question has discontionued
its pearl paint line long ago.

Tomas

----- Original Message -----
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <charlesmccall at gmail.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: den 18 mars 2007 05:38
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Paint Code Pearl White for factory GT5-S


> 
> In a message dated 3/17/07 14:07:22, charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:
> 
> << I dug out my factory parts book, which lists paint codes for the
factory
> 
> paints for '71 through '74 Panteras. But it specifically says that for the
> 
> codes for cars with a VIN of 9000+ should contact the factory for the
paint
> 
> codes. 
> 
> >>>And that advice still holds true today.  They will have the paint code.
> 
>  
> 
> It's a kind of special white - with hints of pink and purple - it is far
> 
> from a refrigerator white. 
> 
>  
> >>>It's not just 'special'.  It's pearl white, with pink and purple mica.
> 
> When someone drilled a hole in my door a few
> 
> years ago the shop was unable to find an exact match. 
> 
> >>>The shop sucks.  Having said that, pearl paints are almost impossible
to 
> match perfectly, but they should have been able to get it close.  When the
time 
> comes, you are going to have to find a GOOD hot-rod-style painter and
expect 
> to pay considerably more than you would if you were just shooting an
ordinary 
> color.
> 
> It would be child's play to find such a person in the USA, but where you
are? 
>  That's a challenge.  I suggest chasing down the next Honda you see that
is 
> sporting 12 different aerodynamic devices and a muffler the size of a
water 
> heater, and asking the 17-year-old driver where his buddies get their
flash paint 
> work done.
> 
> >Anyone have any data?  >>
> 
> >>>Santiago might be able to point you in the right direction.  But
chances 
> are, the data he will be able to provide will be useless; it will probably
say 
> "Pearl White" but it was up to the body shop on that day in 1985, to
actually 
> come up with the recipe for the paint.  If it got banged up two weeks
later 
> they might have had to reshoot the whole thing.  Maybe not though?  Maybe
I'm 
> being too pessimistic?
> 
> As your car was painted at Campagna, where Claudia Lodi now works, I'd
give 
> her a call and ask her advice....
> 
> Also, you might want to ping Roger Coates in the UK.  He painted his GT5-S

> himself with flip-flop paint--the type that is one color when you view it
in 
> one direction, and completely changes color when the light hits it from a 
> different angle (his was blue, and green).  He runs a standard auto repair
shop 
> which has a body shop attached, and he has painted several high-end
Panteras, 
> including the one belonging to Johnny Woods.  So he's a good guy to talk
to about 
> paint issues.
> 
> CoatesR8 at aol.com is his e-mail; (+44) 1-509-842-747 is his work phone.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Mike
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