from stove bolt teck pages

http://www.tcpglobal.com/autocolorlibrary/aclchip.aspx?image=1950-chevrolettruck-pg03.jpg

I hate chrome for trying To link

go to auto color library 

WW2 and fill in it will come up with swifts commercial red-1935 

34guy wrote:

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I am looking for paint or paint codes to paint my 34 chev pick up

The colour is swift red  . The paint houses I have been to look at me

like a deer into headlights, or if I have an account or will I be purchasing

the paint from them???

Any one have some paint codes for swift red  gm commercial color

thanks joe mac

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 Since you're painting a complete, just go to NAPA and go through their "spectramaster" chip book for their Nason colours and pick a red that's close. Nason base is an excellent product, but is limited in the colors it comes in. If you try and match a certain paint code, you will pay 5 times more, and you will be forced to buy a water based product. Nason comes in both Base-Clear or single stage. If it was me (especially with red) I would spray Nason base, then clear with the best clear I could afford. My 2 cents !!

34guy wrote:

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Don't have a colour chip of swift's red to start with .So I really don't know

what tone of red I am looking for. I really don't want a ferrarri red or hooker lipstick red.

Just a plain commercial red .

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 Then go through the book a pick a colour you like. The book is laid out so that the colour chips go from one spectrum of the rainbow to the other and there's probably 50 reds to choose from. 

MANCAVER wrote:

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Budwieser red is cool. My buddy has it on his 67 malibu and it looks sweet.

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 There's a good idea !! Joe could bring a case of Bud over to my place, and I'll empty them. This way I could give you back the empties to use as paint chips. 

Or you could go here----->  http://spectramaster.dupont.com/spectramaster/

MANCAVER wrote:

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I can get you the budwieser paint code if you want.

-- Edited by MANCAVER on Saturday 1st of March 2014 03:06:58 PM

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 There's no such thing as a "Budweiser" paint code that would be available to the masses. The paint code is probably a close guarded secret. "Coke red" is another term that's thrown out there with no validity.Do you really think these companies would just give everyone access to their paint recipe? Not !!

That car above was painted with a colour that is probably 99.9% close to the original formula. The high cost of paint is not necessarily just the cost of the product, but the technology that goes in it to make perfect colour matching possible. If Joe goes in and orders a specific automotive paint code, it will cost him a whole lot more than if he picked a "standard" colour from the Spectramaster book even though the colours will be almost identical, especially with a solid colour. 

The only time someone should pay the high price for a certain paint, is when a colour has to be exact. Even then, there are many variants especially with white. Been doing this for too many years.

tremclad cardinal red. grab some hardener and a roller do it before you have to pick out the bugs that land on it.

"That car above was painted with a colour that is probably 99.9% close to the original formula."

"Do you really think these companies would just give everyone access to their paint recipe? Not !!"

Your telling me how my car was painted with no knowledge whatsoever of it and I'm the smart ass???

You made a bad assumption. If you want to help people, that's good. But don't a smart ass like you have all the answers. I was trying to help Joe and you declared my response invalid.

Maybe it's just the way you express yourself that I don't understand. But that's what I get from some of your comments.

"Coke red" is another term that's thrown out there with no validity

Instead of trying to turn the tables here, maybe re-read your comments and address your bad assumption instead. You asked why I made my comment and I told you. Now explain yours.

I'm out. No point.

Joe, sorry your thread was highjacked. If you want the Budweiser red paint code, let me know.

I'm sorry ManCraver highjacked your post too, Joe !!  

Ya, too bad that mail order bride joke wasn't yours, Mein Fuhrer. 

But what am I thinking?  You know everything and probably thought it before someone else told it. You know, cause your dad worked for dupont and all lol.

flatblack55delivery wrote:

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Are these two still in this pissing contest .Geeze I get home from work and they are still at it. Take it to the off topic or what ever its called or pm each other ,but take a time out ,Please. Ed

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 Hey! It's hard work keeping you Guys entertained !! If we don't stir the crap in here, you Guys complain that the forum has become too quiet.  Make up your mind already !!

reading 122 posts on "how cold it was this morning" gets a bit monotonous !! 

Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do. I go to Indy for the weekend and come back to multiple pages of entertainment.

Painted my 65 Chevy hondorus maroon in 1974. Colour was more red but on the dark side if you know what I mean. Came from a old colour book the high school had.

Just go and get the code for  Victory red GM truck