NewB Question?

[LonestarROB]

Yea I know. Why it ticks me off so much. Tired of wasting so much money on it.

Let me know how the new paint works out.

[x2mosg]

I'll let you know. Hope to have the can in this week. They didn't say how long, just a general note that says 1-14 days to ship for custom orders. Hopefully it'll be on the lower end of that scale. Hoping to order my Gryphon this week.

[x2mosg]

Custom rattle can was waiting at my door this afternoon. Got the first coat on now, bout to add a second light coat. It looks pretty good so far. It may be a shade too dark though. But, I put it directly over the charcoal grey duplicolor I already had on, so we'll see. I'll keep you posted and add pics if it works out or not.

David

[x2mosg]

I gave up for the night. Got 3 or 4 coats on the test piece and it looks nice. But in the dark, using a flashlight to get enough light, that just isn't accurate. So, the piece is in the truck. I'll do some comparisons tomorrow in the sunlight and get a real feel for it.

Initial thoughts are that it's gonna be extremely close. I noticed under the flashlight that the dash areas seem to be discolored, I would assume oxidized. They have sort of a yellowish tint in comparison to the panels on the front of the console sort of under the dash. So that may pose a problem of sorts, but not much I can do about that. Guess the new piece will just have to age to be a better match.

More to come....

David

[LonestarROB]

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

[x2mosg]

Got a couple pics today and got to take a look in good sunlight. Gotta love sunny and 81!

It turned out a little lighter than I expected it would. But I think it's gonna work. It's not perfect, but neither am I. Actually think I can dust a coat of that charcoal grey duplicolor between coats and darken it just enough to make it almost identical. Gonna try that anyway.

Take a look:









Give me some opinions guys.

As to the paint and supplier, couldn't ask for much better. Ordered Thursday night late, so Friday, and it arrived Wednesday. Not bad for a custom mix coming from the midwest to Alabama.

Thanks,

David

[LonestarROB]

Hmmm, I don't know. Still seems pretty far off to me. Still don't think those trim pieces are the same color as mine. :/

Do you have the dash pod? If so, take a picture of it next to your trim.

[x2mosg]

Don't have the pod yet. Probably order it Today or first of next week. Still waiting for my customers to pay me. Everybody is slow paying right now.

It's a lighter shade. Gonna try to overcoat the charcoal grey over the weekend and see how that works. The first coat of I applied I thought was gonna be too dark. Now I think it may have been just about right. I'll keep you updated.

David

[x2mosg]

You know, I may end up just going black. These $30 rattle cans are gonna get expensive. LOL!!! Course then the black probably won't match up!! Might just put it in the ashtray like I saw someone else had done.