Topic: Recomendaton for Lavender/Lilac Paint

[ddonzella]

So I thought finding the color Lavender/ Lilac for my 1969 driveshaft paint would be easy. Silly me!  Can anyone recommend a product for this purpose please!

[jwc66k]

If you have a color sample, Home Depot can match it and make a small batch of Behr flat sample paint, about 3 oz, under $5.
Jim

[J_Speegle]

2 Bottles Testors Lavender model paint (little bottles) Might get three just in case you have to redo it but 2 should be plenty to make one good pass

Here it is compared to the original color. Color is not coming out true on my monitor but side by side it does show how close the two are



Chartreuse is not coming across very true to color in the two pictures and my monitor settings but that's not the focus.

[Mike_B_SVT]

So I thought finding the color Lavender/ Lilac for my 1969 driveshaft paint would be easy. Silly me!  Can anyone recommend a product for this purpose please!

Check the various hardware stores or other places that sell Krylon and whatnot.  Sometimes they'll have oddball colors that will get you in the ballpark, and some places sell the small jars of Krylon paint, like you would find for models.
You can also try your hand at mixing Model paints from the hobby store ~ whites and pinks and purples as desired.  When painting the stripes, you really won't use a whole lot of paint - less than a Testors jar.  Buy a few eyedroppers and experiment mixing them a few drops at a time.  Keep track of your color ratios so you can scale up to a larger amount to use for painting the stripe(s) - and in case you need to redo it sometime in the future.

[ddonzella]

Thank you gentlemen! Never thought I would spend so much energy on the color lavender...lol

[midlife]

Thank you gentlemen! Never thought I would spend so much energy on the color lavender...lol

I wonder if women's nail polish is possible for this type of thing instead of Testor's Paint...there's got to be 1000's of shades that anyone would never use anywhere else...

[J_Speegle]

I wonder if women's nail polish is possible for this type of thing instead of Testor's Paint...there's got to be 1000's of shades that anyone would never use anywhere else...

Testor paint will be cheaper - even buying twice as much in volume. Plus less likely to chip 

[WT8095]

I wonder if women's nail polish is possible for this type of thing instead of Testor's Paint...there's got to be 1000's of shades that anyone would never use anywhere else...

Let us know if you can convince your wife (or girlfirend, or whatever) to match her nail colors to your driveshaft paint codes. That would be worthy of some kind of reward 

[67gta289]

Plus less likely to chip 

Now that's funny.  Almost slipped by me the first time.

[ddonzella]

Boy is this thread digressing! lol.

[GT500KR]

Check Sephora's Driveshaft Collection

http://www.sephora.com/sheer-strength-P393226?skuId=1662766

[67gtasanjose]

More curious than offerening any ideas here but these stripes were not exactly "glossy", were they?

My recollection tells me these stripes were semi-flat to flat in the sheen. One of those details often overlooked back in the day and probably not focussed on as much as trying to match up the tone of color.

[J_Speegle]

More curious than offerening any ideas here but these stripes were not exactly "glossy", were they?

Have seen nothing that suggests that originally the marks were "flat"

No cost savings for the company and it would be much easier for them to just use something off the shelf - which was normally glossy. I believe that the lack of gloss came from exposure to the elements and chemicals over the years