• Hey Guest!
    British Car Forum has been supporting enthusiasts for over 25 years by providing a great place to share our love for British cars. You can support our efforts by upgrading your membership for less than the dues of most car clubs. There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Upgraded members don't see this banner, nor will you see the Google ads that appear on the site.)
Tips
Tips

A little pearl in a straight color paint ?

Share this page

T

TRED

Jedi Hopeful
Offline
I will be painting my 69 TR6 tomorrow. I am going to use PPG
paint in as near a stock dark blue as they have. The paint is going to be just a straight color, no clear coat.
Has anyone added a little pearl to their paint to brighten it up but not enough to look like a metallic paint.
 
Tred,
I can't offer any advice on the pearl option but would like to hear more about your paint project. I too will soon be repainting my six and was going to go with a single stage royal blue which is pretty dark. Which PPG product are you using and are you also using their primer?
 
You're further along than I am. But last summer I did speak with the people that I intend using to paint my car about using pearl. They acted like it was no problem but suggested that I have them shoot a few samples with different concentrations of pearl to see what looked best. They also intended to apply a color base and clear top, FWIW.
 
Well I skipped the pearl and painted about 1/3 of the car.
The color is PPG Concepts single stage. I tried to get the stock color but PPG doesn't mix the stock color any more, so I got whats called nightwatch blue, it is a lighter color.
It is a odd looking paint, it is real dark in low light and then gets lighter in color in brighter light.
It has what I would call a candy look to the paint and a lot of shine. I attached a picture.
 

Attachments

  • 144975-darkblue.JPG
    144975-darkblue.JPG
    36.3 KB · Views: 163
yes, the royal blue is the darkest, sapphire blue is next followed by delft.
 
I built the car for drag racing, but I would like to do some autocrossing also, I no it won't work to well but should still be fun.
A trip to a road course would be awesome but I don't know if I want to try going around corners at the speeds my car should run.
 
Back
Top