I can't help on the color issue. But last year, when I had my TR4 painted
Signal Red using the Ditzler code in the Moss catalog, my body shop said
that it was unavailable in two stage. But his supplier was still able to
get it for him (mix it for him?) in the old type of paint which is not
compatible with a clearcoat.
I gave him the OK for the single stage type and it came out beautiful. No
regrets.
Being that my car is garaged most of the time, I'm expecting to get 10 to 20
years out of it. With the added bonus that I will be able to color sand off
any top layers of oxidation. Provided of course, that red oxidizes from the
top down, and not from the bottom up.
Paulw
Torrance, Ca
64 TR4
56 TR3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Malling" <dmallin@attglobal.net>
To: "6-Pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Paint Codes Royal Blue 56 PPG 13126
| The body shop bought the paint for my TR250 Royal Blue 56. I expected to
| get PPG 13126 which is the number everyone lists but the paint store
| gave the body shop a Chrysler color DBC3146 OEM 1 832-1.
|
| I talked to the paint store and they said the original PPG color was
| 13126, but it's not possible for them to formulate the older colors with
| the new two stage Urethane paints and that PPG provides a best possible
| "blendable" equivalent color, which for Triumph 56 (old PPG 13126) is
| DBC 3146.
|
| The paint store was able to cross reference Martin Senior and Dupont
| color codes to PPG 13126, so I assume their data was good.
|
| I see from the web that this is a typical situation. Has anyone been
| through this before and is DBC 3146 the correct PPG equivalent to 13126?
|
| Thanks,
|
| Don Malling
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