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scrappie · 03-22-2007, 05:59 AM

I just painted the door and trunk jams on my 71 cutlass conv. The original color is viking blue. The original paint is still visible on the windshield pillars. I bought a gallon of sherwin williams basecoat with clear. The autobody store had a book that went back to 71 and he showed me the chip and I said alright. After painting the jams I notice the blues don't exactly match. Is it because it is a basecoat clearcoat compared to the original enamel that the colors may differ or do you think it is the quality of the paint? Would I have been better off to try and have a paint shop custom match a sample of the original paint rather than look up a paint code and mix? I thought with today's technology a paint code would be pretty exact.

03-22-2007, 05:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
scrappie Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 45	Paint Color I just painted the door and trunk jams on my 71 cutlass conv. The original color is viking blue. The original paint is still visible on the windshield pillars. I bought a gallon of sherwin williams basecoat with clear. The autobody store had a book that went back to 71 and he showed me the chip and I said alright. After painting the jams I notice the blues don't exactly match. Is it because it is a basecoat clearcoat compared to the original enamel that the colors may differ or do you think it is the quality of the paint? Would I have been better off to try and have a paint shop custom match a sample of the original paint rather than look up a paint code and mix? I thought with today's technology a paint code would be pretty exact.