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| | | | Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 164 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 164 | I've cleaned up some rust on the floor of my '53 3100 and used the paint guide in this forum to find the interior paint that I need. It's Dupont sheen grey metallic or PPG sheen grey poly. Now that I know the name and the paint codes where can I find a rattle can of this stuff for touch-up? Thanks
~Denny 1953 Chevy 3100 w/1960 261 cid, 848 head | Weber 32/36 progressive 2 barrel carb. | Three on the tree & 3:55 torque tube | 12 V w/Gener-Nator & 6 V starter In the Gallery Forum1998 Chevy Suburban 350 ci awd/4wd | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 | If there's an automotive paint store where you are, they can custom mix paint and put it in a rattle can for you. I just picked up a rattle can of paint for my heater. They pulled out a book of PPG paint chips and we matched it up as closely as possible. Not cheap though. Figure on $25-30 for a rattle can, and for touch up, it'll probably show.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 164 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 164 | Thanks, it took some searching but I found an auto paint shop that fit the bill. You were right about the cost!
~Denny 1953 Chevy 3100 w/1960 261 cid, 848 head | Weber 32/36 progressive 2 barrel carb. | Three on the tree & 3:55 torque tube | 12 V w/Gener-Nator & 6 V starter In the Gallery Forum1998 Chevy Suburban 350 ci awd/4wd | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 | Thanks, it took some searching but I found an auto paint shop that fit the bill. You were right about the cost! Glad you got it dealt with. I just did a sprayout of the can I got and it's not a close enough match (not enough blue) to suit me. $27 down the drain.  I do have a nice rattle can of metallic green though, in case something needs to get shiney. 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | I used Rustoleum Dark Bronze Metallic #7272 for the interior of my 53 one ton, and I was pretty happy with it. I ended up using about 10 cans, and it didn't cost that much. I found also that a Subaru color, Misty Dawn Metallic #35-40840, was pretty close.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 338 | I've cleaned up some rust on the floor of my '53 3100 and used the paint guide in this forum to find the interior paint that I need. It's Dupont sheen grey metallic or PPG sheen grey poly. Now that I know the name and the paint codes where can I find a rattle can of this stuff for touch-up? Thanks There's no paint from any manufacturer that is going to match the 66 year old paint that currently exists in your interior because it's been aging for 66 years. The paint you buy today may not even have matched 100% the paint when it was applied 66 years ago. In other words, don't expect the 30$ custom aerosol to just blend into existing color without being able to see it after it dries. If you are painting the entire dash, great. But if you are expecting to touch up areas and have them look "untouched", you are going to be disappointed. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 | There's no paint from any manufacturer that is going to match the 66 year old paint that currently exists in your interior because it's been aging for 66 years. The paint you buy today may not even have matched 100% the paint when it was applied 66 years ago.
In other words, don't expect the 30$ custom aerosol to just blend into existing color without being able to see it after it dries. If you are painting the entire dash, great. But if you are expecting to touch up areas and have them look "untouched", you are going to be disappointed. Exactly, what I said: "and for touch up, it'll probably show."
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,256 "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! | | "Hey! I sound like Darth Vader!! Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,256 | Not to mention, difference of sheen. | | |
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