Where to find custom spray paint in factory colors

[MYOUNG]

I would like to buy a couple of cans of spray paint in my factory color. Currently I have a 69GMC custom camper with the 525 Saddle Poly paint. I have been digging around on the web but I don't see anybody that offers this color in spray cans.
I am trying to save the cost and labor on a full paint job so I plan on just touching up inside of the cab and under the hood as needed. The exterior will be getting a new coat of paint once the rust repairs are finished.

Is there anybody out there that has had factory paint made up in a spray can VIA a company that has a web store??

Thanks

[leddzepp]

www.Paintscratch.com

[Harrison.]

I would go to your local autobody supply and have them use their camera to custom make some for you. Even though it's in the interior the paint will have faded over time, what would be factory correct will probably be a different shade than whats on your truck.

[leddzepp]

You won’t be able to get any mixed here in California locally, that’s why I posted a link to mail order from that website. Been there, done that

[gearheadperkins]

our local paint store can do the custom mixed for spray cans.. I would Check you local paint supply stores and see what they can do ..

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by gearheadperkins

our local paint store can do the custom mixed for spray cans.. I would Check you local paint supply stores and see what they can do ..

Not here in this state...

[saxart]

Just yesterday my local NAPA guy mixed me a pint of the 1970 only color called "Dark Gold Poly". As long as I had the code, he can mix it. Let me know if you run into a bind. I'll have you give him a call to order what you want, and I'll ship it to you. There's more than one way to skin this cat!

[Steeveedee]

In the not too distant past, I was able to buy medium lacquer thinner over the internet, delivered to my home in California. That loophole now appears to be closed, at that source. Oh, well. I painted the roof of my truck, before I put the new shell on, mainly because the new shell is a cab over. I used some California-legal "enamel" that worked just great, and the coverage was truly excellent. It had a catalyst, so I bought a Tyvek suit and got a respirator package for it, so that I didn't die when I painted it. It used to be I could spray my vehicle in the driveway with lacquer. I wish I had pics of how nice some of some of those cars looked, especially my '56 210 wagon and my '64 Impala convertible. They were as sweet as cupcakes, in the paint department. Bats out of "HE Double Hockey Sticks, in the performance department.

[tristan]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

www.Paintscratch.com

Just ordered up a couple cans of single-stage ochre, thank you for the perfectly timed suggestion. It's about $63 for two spray cans shipped, but worth it to save the hassle of running around to local paint shops to find someone to do the same thing. All I have to spray is the jack retaining brackets, bolts and springs for a 1971 Jimmy and don't want to pay the shop to do these small parts.

[gearheadperkins]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Not here in this state...

I get that.. TN here..

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

You won’t be able to get any mixed here in California locally, that’s why I posted a link to mail order from that website. Been there, done that

I recently had a can custom-mixed for my inner door panels at a Paint Mart store in NorCal.

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by Stocker

I recently had a can custom-mixed for my inner door panels at a Paint Mart store in NorCal.

Well you’re lucky then, won’t happen here. I just pick some up when I’m in Vegas or Arizona, no big deal.

[davepl]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

Not here in this state...

Not here in WA either. I went in to get some matched once and it was "Give me a Ditzler code or go away", more or less.

I was -expecting- someone to rush out with a color-sensinng digital imager to perfectly scan my existing paint and kick out a formula.

That didn't happen. But if you know the Ditzler code, you could get it mixed up into spray cans at least, I think. So it's just lazy/skill, not environmental in my case.

[hewittca]

Tower Paint is great for exactly this. I used it on my past two projects for touchup. I even sent in the glove box off my projects to get a closer match to the original paint and they nailed it. I used their single stage lacquer spray and the finish was very nice. It handled cutting and buffing as well. After blending with the original paint, I couldn't tell where the original paint ended and the new paint started.

[El Dorado Jim]

I have had my local auto paint supplier mix spray cans for me with the original factory medium olive green ....matches perfect and I am in northern ca...the place I use is called "Jerrys Paint" in Placerville,since you know the gm paint code from your spid they can use that....

[Jason Banks]

Originally Posted by davepl

I was -expecting- someone to rush out with a color-sensinng digital imager to perfectly scan my existing paint and kick out a formula.

You can get the cans mixed up here in Texas at English Color. But, not all stores do it.

I had some paint mixed for my truck that is 503 Light Green or a variation of it. The color-sensing digital thingy they have reads the color and try's to match it to the closest color in the database that they have a formula for. It's strange, you would think it could read the color and come up with a formula that matched.

I wanted acrylic enamel because the outside of my truck is done in it and I was doing some underhood work and some wheels soon. Apparently they have a lot more formulas for Base Coat/Clear Coat paint because they tried to push me that direction and there are supposedly more tints they can use on BC/CC...something like 28 for BC/CC and 12 for Acrylic Enamel.

Anyway they were super nice and I left them a fender and they got extremely close. I bought a quart that was only about $50 so it wasn't a huge money maker for them.

[Graham57a]

I ordered some from automotive touch up for my 68 gmc and it matches great.
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/index.htm