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Old 06-21-2012, 10:05 PM
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Default Gauge Paint Match!

We took a good (not faded) gauge face to our paint store and they hand matched it in lacquer. It took a lot of tweaking but it looks dead nuts on. Next we will spray out a sample and take it back to them to do a scan and make a formula for the correct color. I'll update this after we spray it out. We tried the spray can from the Chevelle site that someone recommended and although it's close it was just too blue for a match, and I am too anal to use it. I think they have the ability to put it in spray cans too, but we'll use a gun.

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Old 06-22-2012, 08:52 AM
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Do you also have a way to silk screen the numbers/lettering/lines back on?

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Old 06-22-2012, 11:44 AM
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Tower paints has the correct color. I have a can that I have been using for the last 5 years or more.
Just shot a couple gauge housings last week.

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Old 06-22-2012, 12:28 PM
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Andre,

Do you have a part number for the color?

Thanks,
Terry

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Old 06-22-2012, 05:11 PM
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Do you also have a way to silk screen the numbers/lettering/lines back on?
No, we don't. This is going on the dash and console pieces.

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Old 06-22-2012, 05:36 PM
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9308L is the handwritten number on the spray can

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Old 06-22-2012, 05:56 PM
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I had some of the robin egg blue and blue/grey mixed up years ago and am still using it.
The blue/grey has alot of silver metallic in it.

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