Hey guys, was wondering what's out there... all I'm finding are some companies that do custom mixes. Is there anything I'm missing that may be available off the shelf?

Thanks,
Claude

 

Yes, I can't remember who the manufacturer is but I bought a rattle can of Caribbean turquoise that was an excellent match. I'll check the label when I get home. I'm sure you could find it with a google search.

 

Try these guys:

https://www.automotivetouchup.com/

 

Thanks man, looking forward to hearing what you settled with... I did do a bunch of googling and only came up with companies that did custom batches at a price.

 

The above cited company does not have large minimums and has what you need. You can buy brush on cans, or aerosol.

 

No real need to do do mail order.....
These days, many Automotive Paint Jobbers (aka: auto body supplier) can mix you up a rattle can, and there are even a select few that can mix a 2K rattle can, but once you pull the pin, you have x number of hours to use it .....

 

One of them was Automotive Touchup (mentioned previously) and Paint Scratch Original Factory Touch Up Paint. Both gave good results. I used the Paint Scratch to paint the auxiliary gas tank filler neck and inside bed cover. I haven't installed the parts yet so I don't know how well it will stand up to UV, rain, dust etc. but the color match was excellent.

 

Just an FYI, I used AutomotiveTouchup for obtaining a 64 skylight blue, and the color was horrible, several shades off the stock color. Maybe I got a fluke, but thought I'd throw that out there.

On a side note, find you a Automotive Paint Sherwin William's locally and get them to mix it up for you. They even have the original Ford books to match the paint. I got 2 rattle cans plus the left over paint for about $40 from them.

 

Mearntain, thanks for that input. I had bookmarked their website, and forgot about it till this thread came up. I was going to order a brush-on can, an aerosol can, and a paint pen. You changed my mind

 

They might be good with other colors or maybe I got a fluke, or possibly my truck is currently painted wrong, but these are the results I got with their paint.

Its alot more noticeable when you look in the cab at the gas tank sitting against the painted interior.

 

Mearntain, now I recall your recent thread. Isn’t there a question as to whether or not your paint is even the correct shade of blue? I don’t want to down a company if it’s your paint that is off. They may be spot on. I will buy one item and test it, then report back

 

Yea you're right, and I still dont feel like I got a satisfactory answer out of that thread. Theres gotta be someone else out there with a skylight blue truck who could confirm or deny if my truck is correct.

If you Google skylight blue, several shades show up in the search results. So far, i like the sherwin William's skylight blue that i used to paint my tailgate with, but if my truck is the true color it should be, that's what I want. And I'd put money on my truck being the true color, as the exterior matches the interior paint down to a T.

 

Mearntain, I'm not sure what you mean by correct. It looks like 1964 Skylight Blue to me, but is it indeed original paint on the outside? Who knows. Does it matter? If you want to keep the patina then it does to you, I'm sure. How do you tell? If you can't but you know of a good body shop take it there and have them take a good look at it and see if they can decide if it is original or not. Usually there are signs like a bit of overspray onto some rubber or trim parts or tape lines in the door jamb area. If not, it could be original paint. I will say again, and not trying to be rude, but that picture you show of your truck the paint is oxidized pretty badly. I'd call it "chalky" looking. It happens a lot to the older paints when they are subjected to years of outdoor living. But, if it matches the interior and if the interior for sure has not been painted (again, without really good pictures of certain spots of the interior it can be hard to tell from a computer screen) then it has to be correct, doesn't it?

I'm not sure if my links work but here is a screen shot of that web site. You can see the 1966 choice at the bottom is the darker color much like your gas tank repaint, while all of the years above it are the lighter shade. Same Ford color name of Skylight Blue. Ford just changed it up. It's what they did.



One other thing to note. Ford originally used Dupont or Ditzler paints. Acrylic Enamels and Lacquers. Ditzler was purchased by PPG. Most auto paints are now Acrylic Urethanes or Polyurethanes. So, the formulas are not the same at all as what they were. They have all been converted to the newer formulas as closely as possible, but it does cause some variations compared to back in the day.

 

Everything point you make is a valid one. The truck is definitely dirty in the picture, and in my opinion, the pictures dont do much justice. In person, it seems much more like different shades of blue, moreso than just one being a faded paint job vs new paint job.

I know it doesnt truly matter in the grand scheme of things, but my ideal end goal with this truck is to put it back 100% to how it was when it left the factory shop floor. That's the whole reason I want to ensure that I get the "correct" color. Yea, I'd be the only one to truly know, but it would certainly bother me if I spent a ton on a paint job just to find out that it was redone 2 shades too dark or vice versa.

Sherwin William's gave me the closest match so far using that screenshot you posted, but it was still slightly off. But it was a lot closer to where I could justify that one as faded paint vs new paint.

To elaborate some, the skylight blue purchased from AutomotiveTouchup was sold to me as a 1964 skylight blue, and that color was definitely different that sherwin William's 1964 skylight blue (Glacier blue in their system, which to my understanding is what they were called when it was on a mercury, and skylight blue when it was on a ford).

 

Here's a picture of the inside of the door of an original paint 1964 Skylight Blue truck.