Paint Match

[Don Bradner]

Lee was the one that told me that BASF said they had nothing to match my codes.
Of my 4, the only one that is the same as yours is the silver.

Matching metallics otherwise is hard. My Dupont dealer did a good, but not
perfect job. I gave them the door to my inverter compartment, which has all 4
colors inside and out. They started with what their computer could do, then
spent two weeks fine tuning it. Make small changes, test, let it dry. Make
another change. People see the difference when I point it out, but not
otherwise. In most cases I painted to a natural break, but in a few I did some
blending because it wasn't practical otherwise.

The paint before Glasurit was Glaso-Max. Not sure if there was one or two Ss.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Posting today by satellite from Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon

On 9/6/2007 at 7:07 PM Leroy Eckert wrote:

>My understanding from BB is DuPont paint was used. In my case my paint
>names are Indian Silver Metallic 79773, Rose Metallic 81735, Medium Lagoon
>Metallic 81573 and Cumulus Grey (Dark)Metallic. 79780 all BASF R-M
>Diamont. That probably means that your Indian Silver is slightly different
>in color than mine. It is hard to believe that two paint lines would be
>used on the same coach but no two BB's are exactly alike. If the can was
>open spray it on the bus. There is a Glasurit and pre-Glasurit line.
>Somewhere along the line of posts someone here has the pre-Glasurit paint,
>I just do not remember who.
>The person that cracked my codes is a forum member who is a paint jobber
>who rarely posts. Since he is listed on the forum Member to Member here is
>his email. Lee Condosta, Wilmington, NC lcondosta@....
>Good luck, isn't this fun and keep us posted.
>Leroy Eckert
>1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
>Niceville, FL