Touch Up Paint

[merrja]

Anyone know of nay sources for original touch up paint?  My '68 F model has the original green and is getting then in a few spots.

 

Thanks,

Jim

[Hank]

In the last 47 years, your paint has faded and will no longer match the originals. Take an inspection panel (or the radio access panel) to an auto paint store and they can match it just like the big box stores will match wall paint to a color sample. This can hold off a full repaint or large touch up for a while.

[merrja]

Thanks Hank! 

[Yooper Rocketman]

An auto parts store that sells a lot of paint will have a "profit" machine.  It's essentially a camera like device that will give them the exact mix ratio to match your current paint color (fade and all), taking that snap shot off the panel you bring in for matching.  We use this method all the time at my truck dealership to match paint for touch-up.  Our local NAPA store will even put the paint in a spray can, or in a small 1/2 pint can and then we spray with a portable glass device (about $15) that uses a small compressed cartridge to spray it, much like a professional spray gun.  On non-spray touch up, we use small artists brushes that we buy from a department, art supply, or box store.  I did that exact procedure this year during my annual on my Rocket and it was amazing how those little touch ups cleaned up the look of the plane.

[moodychief]

An auto parts store that sells a lot of paint will have a "profit" machine.  It's essentially a camera like device that will give them the exact mix ratio to match your current paint color (fade and all), taking that snap shot off the panel you bring in for matching.  We use this method all the time at my truck dealership to match paint for touch-up.  Our local NAPA store will even put the paint in a spray can, or in a small 1/2 pint can and then we spray with a portable glass device (about $15) that uses a small compressed cartridge to spray it, much like a professional spray gun.  On non-spray touch up, we use small artists brushes that we buy from a department, art supply, or box store.  I did that exact procedure this year during my annual on my Rocket and it was amazing how those little touch ups cleaned up the look of the plane.

Sherwin-Williams will do the same but you have to find which store does auto paint.

[jetdriven]

Get single stage urethane, not acrylic enamel, or worse, lacquer.  

[merrja]

Thanks Everyone, 3200 hours and 46 years is a pretty impressive run for paint attrition.