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Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:51 am

Krylon color center
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Krylon close matches to factory colors
L345 in a Krylon Can? Say it ain't so!

Tech Tips
Spray/rattle can paint job advice

To post colors
Look up paint code here: Type 2 Color Combinations
Enter it in the (Subject) line, above the message body.
Example: L31H Chianti red = Krylon's Burgendy
Add some text and pics if you choose to.
This way it will be searchable.

T2 Bay Window Colors
L11H Sierra yellow
L12A Panama brown
L13A Dakota beige
L13H Ceylon beige
L20A Marino yellow
Krylon "School Bus Yellow
Duplicolor DA1663 School Bus Yellow
L20A Chrome yellow
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7872520#7872520
Plutonium
L20B Brilliant orange
L21H Marino yellow
Krylon "School Bus Yellow
Duplicolor DA1663 School Bus Yellow
L30B Kasan red
L30H Montana red
Rustoleum Colonial Red
L31A Senegal red
L31H Chianti red
Krylon's Burgendy
L43 Grey Black
VHT black pearl
Wolfsburgwest PAINTL43
L50H Brilliant blue
L50K Neptune blue
Krylon's Bahama Sea
L53D Niagra blue
L53H Orient blue
L57H Reef blue
L60D Elm green
L61B Sumatra green
L62H Bali yellow
L63H Sage green
Rustoleum Satin Eden and Fern
L65K Ravenna Green
Rust-Oleum Lime Green
L82 Silver white
Krylon Dover White
Krylon Ivory
L90D Pastel white
L90D Pastel white wolfsburgwest
Rust-Oleum "Canvas White"
Rust-Oleum "Heirloom White"
L91D Kansas beige
L91Z Atlas white
L97A Diamond silver
L86Z Agate brown
L275 Light Beige
Rust-Oleum Satin 7722
L282 Lotus white
Krylon Jade green
L345 Light grey
Krylon River Rock
Krylon Pebble (Satin)
L555 Titian red
L610 Delta green
L620 Savannah beige
Krylon Khaki (gloss)
Krylon Khaki (gloss)

LE1M Mexico beige
Krylon "Sand"
LH3A Red fox
LH8A Date Nut brown

Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:55 am

Amskeptic wrote: JP6210 wrote: Hi all- does anyone know of a close match for the Chrome Yellow color that would come in a spray can? I will match when I do the respray but I am currently rehabbing the engine bay with clean up, surface rust touch up and a new battery tray. I'd like to find something that is "close enough" for this part of the project. Thanks-

JP

This is a little insane, but so am I.

I had to do an emergency chrome yellow match-up in Los Alamos this summer:

http://www.itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=12674#p215993

VHT Engine enamel Gloss Yellow and Chrysler Hemi Orange (just the inner two caps in the photograph).

You can use a Preval sprayer which allows you to match by spraying the VHT paint into the little glass jar (paper towel over it so you don't get spattered but the vapors can release).

I brushed the entire windshield channel and halfway down the belt line. Your engine compartment will be easier to match.

Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:59 am

zabo wrote: fyi- this vht black pearl paint is a pretty close match for the dash top

Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:01 am

Wolfsburgwest
PAINTL43

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:10 pm

Desertbusman wrote:
Krylon's Burgendy rattle can is about a perfect match for Chianti Red on a '71. I just did a bit of interior touchup on mine.

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:11 pm

aeromech wrote: I've used these guys before. http://www.apstowerpaint.com/

Go to the Type 2 color combinations page under technical above: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/colorstype2.php

Find your year and get the paint code for instance L 31 H Chianti Red

Call Tower and ask them to make up two spray cans in the paint code you give them. The cost delivered is roughly $25 per can as I remember.

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:14 pm

There is an existing thread on this topic, I am sure of it. :?

Fri Oct 30, 2015 12:31 pm

jtauxe wrote: There is an existing thread on this topic, I am sure of it. :?

I thought there would be. Did a search and could not find one.
Can you find it?

Thanks
Tcash

Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:18 pm

One thread is something like "L-345 in a spray can" and the other one is like this: "close matches with Krylon". The two threads have been intermixed at times.

Fri Oct 30, 2015 7:47 pm

Mon Feb 08, 2016 8:38 pm

Put a listing in the first post for T2 colors.
Tcash

Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:00 am

Rustoleum "Paint + Primer" in Lime Green is very close to Ravenna Green L65K.

Closer than the two cans of paint I ordered mixed to that code anyway... :roll:

Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:37 am

Rust-Oleum's "Canvas White" is a 99% match to VW's L90D Pastel White:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_89137-90-7789830_0__?productId=3728287

I used it on my old bus years ago and it blended great:

Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:40 am

I'm not sure how this works to update colors, but I can add:

L20A Marino yellow
L21H Marino yellow 77

These are very close, but subtly different (see the thread http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3678124#3678124 )
but both have a pretty good match in
Krylon Farm and Implement: School Bus Yellow 1809

Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:09 pm

jtauxe wrote: I'm not sure how this works to update colors, but I can add:

Marino yellow ----------L20A
Marino yellow 77 ------L21H

These are very close, but subtly different (see the thread www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=347807 )
but both have a pretty good match in
Krylon Farm and Implement: School Bus Yellow 1809

Does it have the proper chrome yellow undertone? When maringelb L21H and Taigagrun L63H4 hit the sunlight, they freak out digital cameras with the proper chrome yellow. Otherwise, they look like dull sage army green and old farm implements . . . :D

Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:25 pm

Amskeptic wrote: Does it have the proper chrome yellow undertone?
Hey -- it's Krylon Farm and Implement, meant for road graders. It's a decent match if you have to have something to keep the rust off until it can be done properly. Oh, and it gradually turns pink in the sun. So, don't expect too much. :roll:

Thu Apr 21, 2016 8:10 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6186340#6186340

Bala wrote: I found some paint at Jerry's Artarama that is a really close match to the chrome yellow. They had one that was a shade or two darker that I might give a try if this one is too light.

Thu Apr 21, 2016 9:22 am

L20A Marino Yellow=Duplicolor DA1663 School Bus Yellow

I used Duplicolor DA1663 School Bus Yellow 4 years ago still looks ok.
In the pictures I painted the whole bus except for the rear hatch and engine cover.

Wed Sep 28, 2016 12:03 pm

Rustoleum Satin 7722 is pretty close to L275 Light Beige.

Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:49 pm

Ricache wrote: Tcash wrote: caseyr02 wrote: I second the flash card method! Did all my rims the same way. Came out great.

2 coats of white primer and 2 coats of original VW Cloud White (via English Auto Paint). They can put the auto paint put into spray paint cans if you dont have sprayer.

Never heard of English Auto Paint. Is it the one in Dallas?

Thanks
Tcash

There are several English Auto Paint stores in the DFW area.

I've used then a few times.