Re: [T3] Paint question

["Steve Bradley" <scscomp@mindspring.com>]

Greg,

The factory original paint for you car was enamel. Enamel paint is good but,
nowadays, body shops use base/clear when they do a quality repaint. It has a
very glossy finish, it stands up better to wear and does not fade as bad.

Glasurit was the company that originally supplied VW with the paint for your
car. You can go to any automotive paint supplier that carries Glasurit, give
the the paint code for your car and they can match it exactly.

If don't know if they still mix enamels but, I would suggest that you use
base/clear unless you are going for a strictly stock show car.

Steve Bradley

> Does anyone know where I can get factory original paint for my 69 Fasty???
> Can the paint producer reproduce the color from a paint code #???....Let
me
> know....
>
> Greg
>
> The reason why I ask---last time I had paint reproduced from a paint code
it
> did not look like the original color....and it wasnt.....I would like to
> avoid this in the future....
>
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