Topic: Spray can - Corporate Blue Engine Color Attempts, Results and Attempts

[rare70cat]

Check out this Bob Perkins video on low mile Boss 429 under carriage detailing. Look at the engine color. video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=yfp-t&p=bob+perkins+extreme+mustang+undercarriage+detailing#id=1&vid=7c28462cfd4d0ee00d05b8d1bea35578&action=click

[rare70cat]

The more I look at it the more I think the Eastwood is spot on!

[J_Speegle]

................ Looking at the monitor it looks lime green on their website. In actuality it looks like a light olive green. Watching the Hotrod video on engine paint the PPG and OMNI look like they are royal blue. What's in the OMNI can is definitely NOT royal blue.

Yes the challenge and problem of using these sources IMHO as a guide. Too many variables in the camera settings, lighting, your monitor settings and so on.

[rare70cat]

So looking for comments between the two samples. The engine parts are painted in Eastwood 2k engine paint and the sample of the open can of OMNI, which is the gold standard. How close do you think the two are?

[RoyceP]

No way to tell unless you have painted parts of each to compare. Wet paint often differs from dry paint.

So looking for comments between the two samples. The engine parts are painted in Eastwood 2k engine paint and the sample of the open can of OMNI, which is the gold standard. How close do you think the two are?

[rare70cat]

Ok well that's the next step then. I got some overspray on one of the valve covers. I guess I'll strip one and paint it with the OMNI and compare.

[rare70cat]

Went to harbor freight and bought a $35 spray gun with a regulator to finish this comparison. So here is a side by side comparison between the Eastwood 2k and the OMNI. The OMNI is definitely more blue. The Eastwood is kind of "muted". So the best way to go is to go to an automotive paint store and buy the OMNI. The OMNI looks GREAT!!

[captg]

Hi, for a 99.99999999999999999999999999999% 1966 Mustang V8 Engine Paint Match, you cannot beat National Parts Depot's Product called "Paint, Engine Enamel, Ford Corporate Blue".  Go to www.npdlink.com and do a search for item # AP-EB.  Be careful in choosing the right product as they carry another item that is a slightly different color and that item has a part number that is AP-EBx where the x is another letter.  Be sure you look at the can that only has 2 letters after the "AP-".

Good luck with your project!

Ron G
captg@cox.net
Las Vegas, NV

[sgl66]

Stumbled across this today. Although it's a 2018 MT article, it does appear to have some useful information about color variations
https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/get-right-ford-engine-paint/

[jameslgleason]

Excellent video! This confirms my choice of the lighter Ford Corporate Blue.

[Bob Gaines]

Excellent video! This confirms my choice of the lighter Ford Corporate Blue.

I was hard for me to let your incomplete statement hang out there without some clarification for others reading. It appears your mind was made up back in reply #9 when you wrote you were working on a 66 Mustang. For others expect push back and deductions in concours venues if you paint a 66 Mustang 289 engine the Lighter Ford Corporate Blue.   

[jameslgleason]

Yes, that confirms that I chose the correct color. I chose the lighter Delstar blue and not the darker Dupli-Color blue

Seeing that my 1966 motor had not been rebuilt before, and the block, intake, pan, valve covers, and air cleaner assembly all matched the Delstar blue, I feel confident I chose correctly. Nothing I had matched the darker Duplicate-Color blue.

I?m not saying that color might not have changed over time (and heat), but everything that was blue was the same blue, so I felt confident in my choice. This video only confirmed the decision that I made.

Does that clarify?

[ruppstang]

Since this is a very old thread, I thought I would add that the Duplacolor 1606 use to be the go-to match. A few years ago, they changed 1606 to a darker blue.  Duplacolor still has a good match, and I cannot remember the number, but it is called old Ford blue.

[J_Speegle]

Yes, that confirms that I chose the correct color. I chose the lighter Delstar blue and not the darker Dupli-Color blue

Seeing that my 1966 motor had not been rebuilt before, and the block, intake, pan, valve covers, and air cleaner assembly all matched the Delstar blue, I feel confident I chose correctly. Nothing I had matched the darker Duplicate-Color blue.

I?m not saying that color might not have changed over time (and heat), but everything that was blue was the same blue, so I felt confident in my choice. This video only confirmed the decision that I made.

Does that clarify?

Just as a question for discussion and reflection. How many unrestored 66's from the same time period have you documented as being the same color tint?  Surely your car would have not had a different color that all the other cars built that day. Also having a "different" color/tint would require all the other plants and suppliers providing parts (example air cleaner)  much have had the same paint color that arrived at the car plant all at the same time.

[jameslgleason]

Sorry, I don?t know anything about that. I?m not tying to influence others, just simply to understand for my car and my use. I do have another friend with a 1966 unrestored Mustang and his engine color is similar to mine. That?s all that I know. I?m not an authority, nor claim to be one. I do a lot of research and rely on the work of other professionals (like the video above). I appreciate their work and knowledge. As I said, I was encouraged by the confirmation of the Motortrend video.