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Schwinn blue paint

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Craig Allen

Finally riding a big boys bike
Is there a source for Schwinn paint that matches the original colors? I have an early 1960's Schwinn American that is a metallic blue color.
 
Thank you. Years ago I had a Schwinn tandem redone by a powder coater. Instead of using a silver base, he used a metallic gold to replicate the opal green color and it turned out darn near perfect.
 
lets put this to bed once and for all,postwar schwinns were one solid color until someone found out you could use paint toners over a bright base color to acheive the look of a candied apple,many colors were done not just red[red was the original]all schwinns that were candy were over an bright aluminum undercoat,if you see a red one faded and the undercoat looks gold its because of the red top coat,metallics were a single color paint that was opaque so it didnt matter what the base was,metallics were available on cars they were called glamour colors,sorry about the spelling[chemicals lol]
 
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