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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:38 am    Post subject: PPG - L345, light grey Reply with quote

PPG does not carry or cannot find this color in their system. They say that their VW paint guide skips over this code. Any suggestions for another company to access this color?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 2:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It should be PPG # 31960 according to
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/colorstype2.php

Is this PPG # listed?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had it mixed in PPG's Concept (DCC) before. I'm sure I just used the L345 code. It calls it pale grey instead of light grey. There's another number on the label that may help if you're using their DCC line... DCC32716.

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Found a paint Chip

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:03 pm    Post subject: PPG- L345 Reply with quote

I did try to give them the PPG number 31960 from the archives but again they could not find the color. I will try calling again with the DCC code. Thanks for the tip.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great colour isnt it Smile

Heres mine

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I posted the light grey L345 paint formula a month or so ago, but it doesn't seem to be in the old post any more Think Uhhh not sure, Everett ended up posting it for me in a better fashion. Shoot me an email, I can email you a jpeg of it.
I asked the paint guy and he brought it right up. All I told him was L345.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I asked my supplier for L345 in concept just last week, they couldn't find it, no surprise. I knew the ppg # was here on the samba archives but didn't pick it up before I went there Rolling Eyes Usually If I give them a ppg # they do alright, but vw #'s are a foreign language to them.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i can look it up tomorrow at work and post it up. i'll get the dbc and dcc formulas if both are available.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i got some light gray mixed this past summer. i got it in ppg omni, acrylic enamel. good paint, affordable, but doesn't cover as well.
the paint code is MAE 32716 A Lightgrau

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mattoreg wrote:
I posted the light grey L345 paint formula a month or so ago, but it doesn't seem to be in the old post any more Think Uhhh not sure, Everett ended up posting it for me in a better fashion. Shoot me an email, I can email you a jpeg of it.
I asked the paint guy and he brought it right up. All I told him was L345.


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

here is the PPG DCC (single stage) mix formula:
dmc900 491.7 parts
dmc908 120.0 parts
dmc901 44.6 parts
dmc935 18.6 parts

any ppg store can mix this for you. for those curious, dcc is also known as concept by ppg. dcc is single stage, dbc is base coat
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll keep this info and bring it in next time I go for paint. They are always amazed when I come up with this stuff that is common info on the samba. Like they never heard of the internet or something Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

volksaddict wrote:
I'll keep this info and bring it in next time I go for paint. They are always amazed when I come up with this stuff that is common info on the samba. Like they never heard of the internet or something Rolling Eyes

i would look for a different paint store
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On a side note relating to paint and the PPG company. If your paint store is having a problem finding a code or can't match a color with their profit system, all they have to do is phone PPG. The PPG lab keeps a huge list of OG colors and will formulate just about anything in any of their products.

Also, as I find paint codes and formulas I add them to a binder that my paint store has started for me. That way the next time I need a color, or someone else is searching, it's as easy as looking it up.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2018 12:28 pm    Post subject: Re: PPG - L345, light grey Reply with quote

Bump. I needed this info
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:07 pm    Post subject: L345, light grey be pale grey? Reply with quote

Are there really 2 different colours of L345? My dash seems to be OG paint and looks more beige like the lower portion labelled light grey. I think I prefer the one labelled pale grey though.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:17 am    Post subject: Re: PPG - L345, light grey Reply with quote

Interesting that the samples all refer to it as "L345" and that they codes for PPG and Dupont are the identical numbers, yet they alternately refer to it as "Light Gray" and "Pale Gray". I have always knows L345 as Light Gray, never heard it referred to "Pale Gray"
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:55 am    Post subject: Re: PPG - L345, light grey Reply with quote

Same here and also note my 64 kombi is labelled as light grey, which is not reflected in this chart. But I still wonder if anyone has observed this difference between older and newer cars.
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