Can anyone provide me with a good rattle can match for the Dark Chamois Metallic 8A (1981)?


TIA

 

I think you'll have to have that mixed up and put in a spray can.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

I think the OP is trying to avoid a $32.00 expense, for 10 Oz. of spray paint.


Anyone?

 

Wow, 32 bux ... You in California?

My son just had two cans done, one metallic grey for his GTI, one bright red for his Honda SI, factory matching paint, cost him ~35 bux at Napa for both.

They are 11oz. cans.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

Hmmm, Rattle cans are not the same base as factory paint. Just went through this, the factory is a basecoat-then a clear coat, rattle can is an all-in-one, and they don't like each other, (one will lift off the other in time).

This is why with a small repair, it is sanded down to bare metal the area is repaired and, here's the key, the repair color coat is "feathered" into the existing color, just in the repair area, BUT the whole panel must be clear coated.

A 3" dent on a 8 foot bed = a 5" paint repair, but the whole bedside is re-cleared.

That is,.....if you want it to match and stay on. IF you are running a "woods bomber" or a "partking lot jockey" Rattle away!

 

You can get them either way ... Base coat, clear coat or single stage!

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

Yup, that's it. A gravel getter/dump runner is this truck's station in life.

Another member had found the Wimbleton White in a Plastikote rattler. I was hoping there was another reasonable match for the brown that may have been found.

It definitely ain't a beauty thing - just a "make it close" thing.

 

Wimbledon White is a standard color ... Dark Chamois Metallic 8A is not!

How about Ford Dark Chamois Metallic.

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

Why not buy the paint you need with thinner, mix as needed and use this to spray it,
Preval 2 Pack (SKU# 0225)
Dave ----