rideahiggins
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
I went to the local PPG paint store today to see if I could get some paint matched. They said they needed a 3" x 3" sample to get the paint code from. Well theres not much on a bicycle with a 3" x 3" area. So I found some chips in the books that matched pretty close, Schwinn Coud white. I asked, how much? He said $371 a gallon, plus the hardener, plus the reducer. There was a blank stare from me and the counter guy until it sank in. Now I know it's been a while since I painted anything (6 or 7 years) but has paint really gone up that much or did the counter guy just not want to mess with my bicycle colors. Is this the average price for automotive paint now? The one color I was trying to match is the Schwinn Rose. There is a 1958 Lincoln color that is really close but he didn't have the paint codes for that anymore. He said it was too old. So where to go from here? Yes, I've seen the spray cans available but I'm not lookig for spray cans. I've searched the web and nobody is willing to reveal the secret paint code formulas.