What color green is this

2bugtony · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:21 am Post subject: What color green is this

Hello
I seen this buggy and I love the color green. Im getting ready to paint My Alison Daytona and want to paint it this color. I think I have seen someone tell the ppg color here before but I can't find it. Can anyone one help.
Thanks for the help
I hope I got the pic right

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gtrplyr · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:23 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

PPG color used on Stacey David's GEARS Rat Roaster project...Kind of a Jolly Rancher Apple Green Metallic. That was all I could find in vwbowtieman' s post.

2bugtony · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 9:00 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

I thought that sometime back I read the name but maybe I was mistaken.

joescoolcustoms · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:27 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

The Jolly Rancher Green was super expensive at over $ 500.00 per quart. PPG on Pennsylvania Ave in Charleston mixed that paint and is close to the JR Green. They called it "Anti Freeze" for about $ 250 a gallon. They should still have the mix code and are reasonably close to you Tony.
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Wetstuff · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

That's a green I could like. Make sure you tell us about it when you shoot it.

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oprn · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Yes Do it! Awesome color!

oprn · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Yes Do it! Awesome color!

2bugtony · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:50 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Thanks everyone.
Thanks Joe. I will stop in and pick me up some. I'm getting ready to shoot it with slick sand this week.
I'll start shooting some pics. I have been sanding and have got down to the original paint. I hate that one of the p.o. painted over it.

Has anyone tried to sand down to the original gel coat and then spray clear over it to get it to shin again. I might try a small spot and see how it goes. Ill let you know.

Letterman7 · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

https://alsacorp.com/shop/paints/18-base-pearls.html#/volume-4_ounces/base_pearls_colors-toxic_green

Shoot over white, then clear.

2bugtony · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Ok
I've been sanding and look what was under all that primer.
I don't think I can save it all. I was thinking of just shooting a lot of layers of clear over it and call it buggy patina. What do you think

oprn · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Or you could make it very pretty.

Just sayin... Very Happy

Kind of like this but better.

kitcarguy · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:02 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Similar to the color I painted my old Bradley Camaro Synergy Green
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kitcarguy · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Similar to the color I painted my old Bradley Camaro Synergy Green

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2bugtony · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

I finally got the paint on. What do you think. I think it is pretty close to the color I was looking for. I like it. It is called zombie green metal flake.
3 coats color and 6 coat clear. I haven't got to buff it out yet.

2bugtony · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

I forgot to put the pics in. Here they are

2bugtony · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Im thinking about putting a flat black stripe on the part of the hood where the fill cap goes. P/O cut the fill hole a little to big. What do you think about a flat black stripe?

2bugtony · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

I did the painting there in the back yard

BIGMIKEY · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

Reading through this thread I was thinking... Nope. At $500.00 a quart I though Oh, hell no! I'm in the wrong hobby. But your result is spectacular. The way the curves of the body catch the light. Nice. Good choice.

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oprn · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: What color green is this

$500 is diddly squat in this hobby! Guys spend that on a set of 8 valve adjusters. With proper prep a quart should be enough to cover one of these bodies.

Beautiful job Bud! I love it. And yes a flat black racing stripe would look fine.

2bugtony · Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:51 am Post subject: Re: What color green is this

The paint wasn't that expensive. I think I paid 375 for a gallon of paint and clear. It came as a bundle. I also put a gallon of slick sand primer down first.


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