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| [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332708] |
Mon, 28 May 2018 21:22  |
BobDunahugh
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When starting to fix up your GMC that you drug home. There are lots of places to start. First is run a compression test. This will give you an idea of the usefulness of the engine. And help in setting up you priorities, and budget. Next. I start on the outside first. With the outside looking great. It's a lot more fun to work on a good looking GMC, then an ugly one. The GMC that I just started on. Paint is a little dull. But was all one color. Buffing will bring the shine back. So I took the frig vent off. Took it to National Coatings & Supply. As they can copy the vent cover electronically as to color. Thus they can copy the faded paint to what it is now. Not what the color was new. Call around to fine someone in your area that can do this. I get a qt made. Then have them put some in a spray can. Start at some corner. Use a tooth pick to paint in the rock chips. Then a small artist brush for larger chips. Lightly sand around larger areas. This is were the spray can comes in. So while that paint is getting harder. Use a Scotch-Brite pad on all the aluminum window frames. Mask off the window glass, and the body that's next to the window frame. Go back to a body shop supplier. Get a spray can of SEM brand. Black Trim paint. Or Dupli Color. Trim & Bumper paint. DO NOT use any general black spray cans. It WILL NOT hold up. PROMIS. I made masking templates instead of masking tape. Then use the Black Trim spray can on all aluminum window frames. Let all the paint cur for a few weeks. Then it's time to get out the buffer. I like the Maguire light cut #1 cleaner. But courser cleaners/ rubbing compounds can be used. Try to keep off the painted black window frames. I now have one side with all the paint work done. Looking great. Buffing in two weeks. Now I want to work on it. Pulling gas tanks soon. Bob Dunahugh
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332817 is a reply to message #332733] |
Wed, 30 May 2018 17:21  |
Jimmy_Bonez
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Kelly. You can call a Sanels auto parts if there’s one in your area which I think there’s one in Brattleboro and see if there paint rep will come out to and help with the color match. Otherwise you’ll need to bring something to a local auto body shop for them to color match. Unless you have the original paint codes and even then the colors probably won’t match because of the age of the coach the paint is most likely faded.
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> On May 29, 2018, at 12:51 PM, kelly stockwell wrote:
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> I have no part of the coach I can remove (well I could pull the engine hatch) with the beige/peach upper half color. How could i get that matched?
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332829 is a reply to message #332818] |
Wed, 30 May 2018 21:04 |
kstockwell
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It is! I wonder how hard it would be to get off
thanks
Larry wrote on Wed, 30 May 2018 19:29kstockwell wrote on Tue, 29 May 2018 12:51I have no part of the coach I can remove (well I could pull the engine hatch) with the beige/peach upper half color. How could i get that matched?
The fuel door isn't the color you need?
1978 Kingsley
Putney VT
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332852 is a reply to message #332845] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 09:41 |
Jimmy_Bonez
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Kelly
The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and might have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color camera if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of spending a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
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> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell wrote:
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> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332853 is a reply to message #332852] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 09:47 |
James Hupy
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Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend up
some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
Jim Hupy
On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia
wrote:
> Kelly
> The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two
> ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
> cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
> carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and might
> have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint
> distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color camera
> if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of spending
> a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell wrote:
>>
>> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They
> used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
>>
>>
>> --
>> 1978 Kingsley
>> Putney VT
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332855 is a reply to message #332853] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 10:37 |
Ken Shaffer
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Do you guys use lacquer paint for touch ups or is there another base that's
better with our original Imron paint.
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:47 AM, James Hupy wrote:
> Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend up
> some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
> Jim Hupy
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia
> wrote:
>
>> Kelly
>> The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two
>> ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
>> cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
>> carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and
> might
>> have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint
>> distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color
> camera
>> if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of
> spending
>> a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell
> wrote:
>>>
>>> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They
>> used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 1978 Kingsley
>>> Putney VT
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332856 is a reply to message #332855] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 10:53 |
Emery Stora
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I found that an Acrylic spray paint worked well. I used Krylon. They had an antique white that matched quite well with the tan color on many GMCs such as my 1977 Kingsley.
However, I haven’t see that color lately. Walmart used to carry it.
You don’t have a signature line showing which motorhome you have or where you live. You might consider doing that.
Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick
> On May 31, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
>
> Do you guys use lacquer paint for touch ups or is there another base that's
> better with our original Imron paint.
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:47 AM, James Hupy wrote:
>
>> Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend up
>> some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
>> Jim Hupy
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Kelly
>>> The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two
>>> ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
>>> cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
>>> carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and
>> might
>>> have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint
>>> distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color
>> camera
>>> if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of
>> spending
>>> a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They
>>> used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 1978 Kingsley
>>>> Putney VT
>>>>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332858 is a reply to message #332856] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 12:28 |
Ken Shaffer
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I will be touching up my Canyonlands in the near future and this post
reminded me to see if there is a "preferred" method of painting/ touching
up. I will need to paint most of the very bottom edge. (rock chips) I
planned on taking it to an automotive paint supplier and having them match
it with their photo tool. I assumed lacquer would be the easiest to blend
in, but wasn't sure.
Ken Shaffer
Marion, Iowa
73 GMC Canyonlands (455)
73 GMC Glacier (455)
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Emery Stora wrote:
> I found that an Acrylic spray paint worked well. I used Krylon. They
> had an antique white that matched quite well with the tan color on many
> GMCs such as my 1977 Kingsley.
> However, I haven’t see that color lately. Walmart used to carry it.
>
> You don’t have a signature line showing which motorhome you have or where
> you live. You might consider doing that.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Frederick
>
>> On May 31, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
>>
>> Do you guys use lacquer paint for touch ups or is there another base
> that's
>> better with our original Imron paint.
>>
>> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:47 AM, James Hupy
> wrote:
>>
>>> Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend up
>>> some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
>>> Jim Hupy
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kelly
>>>> The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two
>>>> ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
>>>> cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
>>>> carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and
>>> might
>>>> have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local
> autopaint
>>>> distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color
>>> camera
>>>> if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of
>>> spending
>>>> a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your
> options.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell
>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix.
> They
>>>> used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top
> color
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > 1978 Kingsley
>>>> > Putney VT
>>>> >
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332860 is a reply to message #332858] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 13:34 |
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You will have trouble finding very good color options in lacquer as almost
nobody uses it anymore. It is not compatible with most modern 2k clears and
since it is a thermoplastic it remains chemically sensitive for life. You
will want to select a paint system that your chosen painter uses. Any good
auto painter should be able to bench mix a color for you in his system.
That said, it’s more of a question of if they WANT to. Spot painting is
pretty straight forward if you have a multi color paint job. If you have a
coach that’s all one color the entire panel you are repairing will need to
be refinished if you want a seamless repair.
Sully
Bellevue.
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM Ken Shaffer wrote:
> I will be touching up my Canyonlands in the near future and this post
> reminded me to see if there is a "preferred" method of painting/ touching
> up. I will need to paint most of the very bottom edge. (rock chips) I
> planned on taking it to an automotive paint supplier and having them match
> it with their photo tool. I assumed lacquer would be the easiest to blend
> in, but wasn't sure.
>
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion, Iowa
> 73 GMC Canyonlands (455)
> 73 GMC Glacier (455)
>
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Emery Stora
> wrote:
>
>> I found that an Acrylic spray paint worked well. I used Krylon. They
>> had an antique white that matched quite well with the tan color on many
>> GMCs such as my 1977 Kingsley.
>> However, I haven’t see that color lately. Walmart used to carry it.
>>
>> You don’t have a signature line showing which motorhome you have or where
>> you live. You might consider doing that.
>>
>> Emery Stora
>> 77 Kingsley
>> Frederick
>>
>>> On May 31, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Ken Shaffer wrote:
>>>
>>> Do you guys use lacquer paint for touch ups or is there another base
>> that's
>>> better with our original Imron paint.
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 9:47 AM, James Hupy
>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend
> up
>>>> some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
>>>> Jim Hupy
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Kelly
>>>> > The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of
> two
>>>> > ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
>>>> > cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
>>>> > carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and
>>>> might
>>>> > have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local
>> autopaint
>>>> > distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color
>>>> camera
>>>> > if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of
>>>> spending
>>>> > a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your
>> options.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>>> >
>>>> >> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix.
>> They
>>>> > used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top
>> color
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> 1978 Kingsley
>>>> >> Putney VT
>>>> >>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332870 is a reply to message #332868] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 15:29 |
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Did that on my royale and it looked good!
Sully
Bellevue
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 1:10 PM Matt Colie wrote:
> Ken Shaffer wrote on Thu, 31 May 2018 13:28
>> I will be touching up my Canyonlands in the near future and this post
> reminded me to see if there is a "preferred" method of painting/ touching
>> up. I will need to paint most of the very bottom edge. (rock chips) I
> planned on taking it to an automotive paint supplier and having them match
>> it with their photo tool. I assumed lacquer would be the easiest to
> blend in, but wasn't sure.
>>
>> Ken Shaffer
>> Marion, Iowa
>> 73 GMC Canyonlands (455)
>> 73 GMC Glacier (455)
>
> Ken,
>
> Or, you could always paint the lower edge with a truck bed liner and call
> it an accent strip.
>
> Kind of like the way Microsoft doesn't fix bugs, they just document it and
> call it a feature.
>
> Matt
> --
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Seattle, Wa.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332872 is a reply to message #332870] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 16:10 |
Keith V
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I just had some paint mixed to match the gray on my ex-Royale, I brought in a panel and they custom mixed it. It's really really close.
I used PPG Omni MAE Acrylic Enamel with hardner as I didn't feel like messing with the isocyianate clears, too toxic and I didn't want to rig up a fresh air system.
I'm using a foam roller to put on PPG MP high build sandable primer, after a bunch of sanding I spray the color with an HVLP gun .
The foam roller allows a lot of paint to be put down and cleanup is easy! Just throw the roller away. Masking is 1/10 too as there's no overspray from a roller
It does require a little more sanding, but the high build sands easy.
Automotive paint is pretty easy to come by, and the single stage is cheap. not as cheap as latex, but cheaper than good paint LOL
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Did that on my royale and it looked good!
Sully
Bellevue
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 1:10 PM Matt Colie wrote:
> Ken Shaffer wrote on Thu, 31 May 2018 13:28
>> I will be touching up my Canyonlands in the near future and this post
> reminded me to see if there is a "preferred" method of painting/ touching
>> up. I will need to paint most of the very bottom edge. (rock chips) I
> planned on taking it to an automotive paint supplier and having them match
>> it with their photo tool. I assumed lacquer would be the easiest to
> blend in, but wasn't sure.
>>
>> Ken Shaffer
>> Marion, Iowa
>> 73 GMC Canyonlands (455)
>> 73 GMC Glacier (455)
>
> Ken,
>
> Or, you could always paint the lower edge with a truck bed liner and call
> it an accent strip.
>
> Kind of like the way Microsoft doesn't fix bugs, they just document it and
> call it a feature.
>
> Matt
> --
> Matt & Mary Colie - '73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
> Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan
> OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
> SE Michigan - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332877 is a reply to message #332853] |
Thu, 31 May 2018 10:25 |
Jimmy_Bonez
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And like Jim said you can get someone to mix the color for you and tint it to the right color and shade. A good body shop should be able to do that.
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> On May 31, 2018, at 9:47 AM, James Hupy wrote:
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> Also, you could get a human being with color matching skills to blend up
> some samples for you. There are still a few of them out there.
> Jim Hupy
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> On Thu, May 31, 2018, 7:41 AM Jim DeMellia
> wrote:
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>> Kelly
>> The only way you’re going to get a proper color match is one of two
>> ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent
>> cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels
>> carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and might
>> have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint
>> distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color camera
>> if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of spending
>> a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell wrote:
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>>> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They
>> used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332903 is a reply to message #332853] |
Fri, 01 June 2018 13:23 |
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When I bought a "wrong year" Tour Box for my 2000 Harley, I took the bike to a nearby auto body shop. With their computer analysis program, they came up with a four or five ingredient paint combo that EXACTLY matched the rest of my bike. I'm quite sure a COMPETENT body shop in your town can exactly match the existing paint on your coach.
You probably would want to do a good buffing job on your coach first!
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From: Gmclist on behalf of Todd Sullivan
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 13:34
To: gmclist@list.gmcnet.org
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup.
You will have trouble finding very good color options in lacquer as almost
nobody uses it anymore. It is not compatible with most modern 2k clears and
since it is a thermoplastic it remains chemically sensitive for life. You
will want to select a paint system that your chosen painter uses. Any good
auto painter should be able to bench mix a color for you in his system.
That said, it’s more of a question of if they WANT to. Spot painting is
pretty straight forward if you have a multi color paint job. If you have a
coach that’s all one color the entire panel you are repairing will need to
be refinished if you want a seamless repair.
Sully
Bellevue.
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:29 AM Ken Shaffer wrote:
> I will be touching up my Canyonlands in the near future and this post
> reminded me to see if there is a "preferred" method of painting/ touching
> up. I will need to paint most of the very bottom edge. (rock chips) I
> planned on taking it to an automotive paint supplier and having them match
> it with their photo tool. I assumed lacquer would be the easiest to blend
> in, but wasn't sure.
>
> Ken Shaffer
> Marion, Iowa
> 73 GMC Canyonlands (455)
> 73 GMC Glacier (455)
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| Re: [GMCnet] Reastoration. Exterior paint touchup. [message #332959 is a reply to message #332852] |
Sun, 03 June 2018 14:55 |
kstockwell
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That is something I can do this summer!
Jimmy_Bonez wrote on Thu, 31 May 2018 10:41Kelly
The only way you're going to get a proper color match is one of two ways. Either bring a piece of the coach(hood cover, refrigerator vent cover) to a body shop or to the Sanels in Brattleboro,Vermont. Sanels carries Spies/Hecker paint which has been around for a long time and might have your paint code in there index. Or you could call a local autopaint distributor and they can take a picture of your coach using a color camera if they have one and you could get a color code that way. Short of spending a whole bunch of money on your own color indexes those are your options.
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> On May 31, 2018, at 6:33 AM, kelly stockwell wrote:
>
> No, that was painted incorrectly. One thing I would want to fix. They used the bottom color on the bottom and the top and skipped the top color
>
>
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> 1978 Kingsley
> Putney VT
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