Nolan,
The recommendation I gave had nothing to do with the Triumph paint number. It
was to use the PPG/Ditzler paint number. THat one
gives you as close a match as possible to the Spitfire Inca Yellow. Bearing in
mind that as someone pointed out, shades varied from
lot to lot.
Touch-ups using a paint mix probably would never be an exact match, but it
never is for any application. But for a complete respray,
the paint will be fine. By the way, that particular number was taken from an
old Ditzler Paint book specifically for Triumph cars and
also provided a paint chip to verify color. In case anyone is not aware,
Ditzler was absorbed by PPG.
Joe
Nolan Penney wrote:
>
> I would disagree with that based on my experiences chasing paint for my inca
>yellow Spitfire.
>
> An American car manufacturer used the name inca yellow for a hideous shade of
>baby puke yellow/green. The two different paint collors have become merged in
>the code books, with the rather pretty Triumph color disapearing. So the
>Triumph paint number gets you the american baby puke color. Yech!
>
> The most success I had in matching paint was at Home Depot. They do sell
>industrial enamels, which are suitable for cars. I was lucky in that the girl
>working there was an art major, and she carefully blended the shades until it
>became a perfect match. Several years later, with still no wax on that paint,
>lit still matches pretty darn well.
>
> To further muddy the waters, Triumph didn't mix all their paints exactly the
>same way. My stock, original inca yellow is distinctly lighter and brighter
>then many other Triumph Spitfires called inca yellow. The varience under each
>name seems to be quite pronounced. After all, these were hand painted cars.
>
> >>> Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net> 02/07 10:48 AM >>>
>
> John,
> Find a PPG/Ditzler paint supplier and give them this code: 72144
>
> They should be able to mix some up for you.
>
> Joe
>
> John Hobson wrote:
> >
> > Talking of paint codes, does anyone know of a UK supplier for Flamenco
> > red(CAD). Rimmers and TSSC don't stock it and I don't think Moss even
> > list it. I didn't think that this was a particularly rare colour, but
> > for some reason I just can't get any paint for touch-up jobs!
> >
> > cheers
> > John
> >
> > --------------------
> > Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:01:28 -0500
> > From: Howard Baugues <bauguesh@abcs.com>
> > Subject: Re: Paint Codes
> >
> > Shane, you can find the paint codes on the following site:
> > http://www.triumphspitfire.com/Paint.html
> >
> > Howard Baugues
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