[66_Catalina]

Does anyone know of a relatively cheap paint that is close to Palmetto green? I sanded off the crud and old primer job on my '66 and the green has kind of grown on me. I'm not looking for this to be my finished paint job as I am still learning to paint and just want the car protected while I hunt down some body parts. I'm not opposed to going a share or so lighter and want something that doesn't need clear.

[61-63]

I have a '65 Palmetto green GTO that I had repainted PPG bc/cc about five years ago and I've noticed several new cars since then with what appears to me to be an almost exact match if not exact. I can't remember all of them but Nissan cars come to mind. Look at all of the colors they have come in during the last five years and I think you will find what you are looking for.

[bdk1976]

Why not just get some palmetto green lacquer or ss urethane? It doesn't have to be expensive unless you insist on using top brands from local jobbers.

That being said I wouldn't waste time on a temporary paint job.


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[roy381]

Just wondering If your going through the hassle of sanding the car why not put it in epoxy

[66_Catalina]

thanks I'll take a look

[66_Catalina]

With 3 jobs and 2 kids a temporary paint job might be on 2-3 years until I get another big chunk of time. If I can figure out how to post a picture from my phone I'll show what's left of the paint

[66_Catalina]

Fresh from the field

[66_Catalina]

After sanding

[61-63]

You don't want to go single stage unless you know you will not sand and buff it. Palmetto Green is a metallic and you cannot color sand single stage metallics and have them come out right. When we did my car my painter shopped that color with all of the brands costly to cheap and no one had a match. He went to PPG's nostalgia section somewhere in Ohio and they gave the local PPG store here the formula. With your car being as it is you really don't know what to look for I don't think. I will see if I can spot a Nissan with that color and if I do I will post it here.

Palmetto Green is a hard color to get right. I've seen several Palmetto Green restorations at Norwalk and I don't where the painters got their paint but the cars I saw weren't even close to being right IMO. My car may not be the right color for all I know but PPG is pretty high dollar paint and they said it is right. Here is a picture of the car when it came home from the paint shop.

[irgoatmike]

Find an old chip book from that year and check it against that. Old chips from the manufacturers weren'the always perfect either, but at least you'd have some historical reference point to work from. Autocolorlibrary.com what them scanned in online. Irgoatmike