[Healeys] Coronet Cream paint formula?

[Dallas Congleton]

Bill, I recently restored a 1953 MGTD which was "Cream" or "Ivory" , which 
were probably other names for Coronet Cream. I went through an exercise in 
futility trying the original formulas, without success. The modern paint 
bases and pigments are too different to use the old formulas. We had no luck 
with several mixed samples. They had a different hue and some had a 
fluorescent look to them.

Finally , at the suggestion of the DuPont paint rep,  we just got out some 
more recent paint chips and matched a chip with what I perceived as the 
cream color used. I did have some original paint to compare. We found a 
series of color chips used by Chrysler into the late 70s, which were close. 
I even remember one called Coronet Cream .

My paint shop then tweaked one of these to what I wanted. I used DuPont 
single stage urethane without clear coat , but the same would apply to 
acrylic.

Your friend may have more success doing the same with the paint chips of the 
brand he is using.

Dallas Congleton
1967 BJ8
1953 MGTD



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Shipton" <ecsaustralia at bigpond.com>
To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Coronet Cream paint formula?


> Hi all,
>
> I have a friend with a BN4, which is in the process of being restored,
> and the car is now just about ready for paint. He would like to paint
> the car "Coronet Cream" in acrylic, however, it
> seems very difficult to track down the correct paint code. A Healey
> specialist in the UK has provided one formula, but it turned out to be
> more "Dark Beige" than "Coronet Cream" when
> a sample was mixed up!
>
> Anyone happen to have the correct formula for "Coronet Cream" which can
> be used with currently available acrylics?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Bill Shipton
> Sydney, Australia
>
> 1958 BN6
> 1959 BN7