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Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:55 am

RA, what was the cost of that 1/4? TCP produce good quality/PPG comparable paint product?

Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:18 pm

PASHN8 wrote: RA, what was the cost of that 1/4? TCP produce good quality/PPG comparable paint product?

A quart in Velspar was $90 + reducer. PPG still manufactures their DBC-line in clear in a solvent base.

TCP's private line (Custom Shop) is offered in several systems, to fit any budget.

Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:34 am

My Stratos Silver 57

Sunny day

Snowy day

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=523274&highlight=stratos+silver

Tue Mar 12, 2013 5:10 pm

Oh man, correct color or not, I love that paint! I am doing my 55 in Strato Silver also so I am curious even more now how its going to turn out...

What a difference some lighting will make.

Wed Mar 13, 2013 2:18 pm

Another L227 project coming out soon 8)

Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:37 pm

Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:31 am

panscraper_deluxe wrote: My car is definitely more gray then Blue......at least WAY more grey than some of those above.

These pictures are pretty accurate as far as cameras go...

Are you sure that's even strato silver or a custom color?

Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:08 pm

Here's a more recent photo of my car taken a few weeks ago at a local car show. It was a very sunny day

Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:29 pm

My 54

Stratos Silver look alike - BMW Neptune Blue Pearl

Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:35 pm

After spending 3 hours at my paint supplier along with my buddy who has worked there for 15+ years(and can get shit done), we came up with a mix formula for Strato silver.

Now, the one thing is that this formula is a Prophet match done by PPG.

In the next few days/weeks, I'll do some sprayouts to see if it looks like it will be close.

Note* this is for PPG's Deltron DBC basecoat system.

Wed Dec 10, 2014 5:26 pm

Why aren't there more ghias this color? :cry:

Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:40 pm

Sunny July day.

Frosty December night

Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:03 pm

Painted my 55 in the garage today. Still in progress....I wish the garage was larger.

Tomorrow hopefully will be the rest, after I roll the shell out.

Video Here:
https://youtu.be/BKXHibYRonw

Mon Apr 02, 2018 5:06 pm

With and without the flash.

Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:58 am

Looks great man! What color code did you use? Can I send you my bugs to paint? haha

Chris

Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:02 am

cvallone wrote: Looks great man! What color code did you use? Can I send you my bugs to paint? haha

Chris

Haha thanks Chris. It is a code TCP has on file for a 1954 VW strato Silver. It's probably the same mix RareAir used. It turned out awesome. So far anyways, I don't want to jinx myself because I am not done.
The only problem I can find on is is where a bug landed on the 3rd later of clear and I didn't see him while I was spraying #4.
I wish I had a booth so I could have done all the parts in one day.

Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:55 am

carnut63 wrote: cvallone wrote: Looks great man! What color code did you use? Can I send you my bugs to paint? haha

Chris

Haha thanks Chris. It is a code TCP has on file for a 1954 VW strato Silver. It's probably the same mix RareAir used. It turned out awesome. So far anyways, I don't want to jinx myself because I am not done.
The only problem I can find on is is where a bug landed on the 3rd later of clear and I didn't see him while I was spraying #4.
I wish I had a booth so I could have done all the parts in one day.

Ah I see. It looks great though man, good luck with it all, would love to see the finished product. I found a new PPG code that is pretty close too, a Nissan color called Tidewater FAA. Keep us posted.

Sat May 28, 2022 5:37 pm

Posting some photos of my original 1955 strato silver paint. The birth certificate says that's the original color. It was oversprayed in a cream/white maybe in the 70's or later but some original paint on the firewall was spared. Today I took off decades of grease to reveal some beautiful paint. It does not appear metallic to me and barely any blue. It looks mostly grey silver regardless of the light. Of course, as a vision scientist I know that color appearance depends on local color context and it might look more blue if it were not next to the cream or if it were a larger area like the top of the car. And the color that you will see produced by my phone and then displayed on your computer will be something different. ... and now that I am looking closely at the photos with lighting hitting at different angles I start to see more blue.

Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:14 pm

jpjohns wrote: Why aren't there more ghias this color? :cry:

Because they had their own version of it : Trout Blue:

https://www.oldbug.com/lisa56g.htm

My old 56' :

Tue Jul 12, 2022 3:05 pm

This car is awesome, what size are the wheels and tyres?

Thanks