69 rally wheel paint formula/paint mixing experts

[Greg L.]

Man I thought that I had it all figured out but just as soon as I got the answer someone changed the question!

I went to the local PPG dealer today with the instructions that were posted in the link below and got only somewhat lucky. The girl that was going to mix it for me wasn't sure what was meant by "medium green tint" and said that that wasn't a good enough description to get a good match...here it goes...

For some reason I decided to bring an original rim with me for a color match so with that in mind had we broke out their color chips to get a good match. Well the closest we could find was a Nissan color(like I want a Nissan color on my car) but it had a little too much metallic to it. In the end we went back to the Argent Silver(DDL 8568) which is actually a lacquer code because it had the right metallic content. Now we were back at square one and wondering what kind of green is medium green....? She suggested that they could custom tint it for me @$30/hr if I left her the rim. The first thing that I though of was somehow loosing one of the dated rims that I took so long to find on ebay so I wasn't too keen on that idea. Then she suggested that she could mix up a pint of the Argent Silver and give me some tint to try and tint it myself so that is what I did.

I know that there were variations to the green tint but I would like to hit the common tint if there in fact was one. So if anyone knows how to mix paint out there I'd really appreciate a little help here. This is what I have in Acrylic Enamel.
PPG 8568 1 pint
PPG 129 green tint
PPG reducer & hardner

I don't know what this 129 tint is but it looks almost like John Deere green so I would say that it is just plain green. Maybe I'm over complicating this whole wheel paint thing so if I am just say so but I want it to acceptable for judging and I know that if the tint is not there or too dark that it will fail so I need to get it right.

Maybe I should just add one drop at a time until it "looks close"...not really sure how to attack this one.

I guess I could just take it back and get her to do it but that would be no fun now would it? I also tend to do things the hard way so I can't see why I'd stop now!

Let me know what your thoughts are.

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Greg Linton
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[Bill W.]

Re: 69 rally wheel paint formula/paint mixing expe

I use dupont but ppg will work. Good choice with the acrylic enamel. The green you have should be a high solids tint, so use only a drop or less at a time .Mix your silver and thin it (no hardner) add green very little at a time . (you cant go back) stir with a alum. stirring stick pulling it out while stirring to check match on the stick. The color you look for before it runs down the stick . When you think you are close dab a little on your finger and rub it on your wheel to check match.(it will come off.) When it is close but not quite green enough quit .2 sprayed coats will have it . Dont worry about runs or sags they didnt. Bill

[Greg L.]

Re: 69 rally wheel paint formula/paint mixing expe

Thanks for the advice Bill. When you say two coats, is that over existing rally paint of over black primed wheels? My wheels will be in semi gloss primer before I paint them.

I read some place too that the wheels were not done to any great standard and I have first hand prove of that because after I stripped the 5 or 6 coats and got down to the original paint I noticed a nice big run and where all the metalic bunched up too! I can see that painting these will be EASY!