Color matching

[Bert Knupp]

Volks,

 

I need some paint help.  I’m having a 1972 SuperBeetle repainted using the original L10B (08) Texas Yellow. I thought.

 

My friendly neighborhood paint show says it’s a nonexistent color, according to their Sherwin-Williams computer. They offered several other yellows, none a very good match. “Well, if you can get me the mix code for Sherwin-Williams, I’ll do it. But your VW Texas Yellow just ain’t in the computer.”

 

Anybody here know how to give a color code to a guy with a Sherwin-Williams mixing rig if he can’t use the VW paint number?

 

Bert Knupp

[Eric]

Hey Burt,

If you want a fantastic yellow instead of the pale, blah yellows, try Rallye Yellow 1974 Super. Beetle color. It will turn heads for sure. If interested I'll send you a pic. Do some homework you'll be happy!

Eric   

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[Mike Morehouse]

Bert,

My 1972 Bug is Texas Yellow 10B and when I had it painted in 99 I was able to find very close color match from an automotive paint store.  I may have the receipt at home so I'll look later tonight when i get home from church.

FYI, I've got my Bug for sale on The Samba.

Mike Morehouse

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[Bert Knupp]

Eric,

 

Thanks. Good advice, but I’m getting this one up for resale only. I don’t plan to keep it. I’ll let the new owner do the customizing. For now just putting together a good, sound, safe car.

 

Bert

[Kirin Jacobsen]

I don't know what paint/ parts places are around you Bert. But in Canada one of the main FLAPS(Lordco) they can come out and scan the colour of your car and make paint to match it. Surely someone in your area might have that? Sorry I can't be of more help. 

[Bert Knupp]

Hi, Kirin,

Sadly, a previous owner had slathered some dark green metallic all over (trapping lots of rust underneath) so I’m returning it to original stock. There’s some old yellow still showing (interior, trunk, engine compartment) but it’s in poor shape. I’ve sanded it very clean and having it done at a neighborhood Maaco (the heir to old Earl Scheib, who ran a chain of “broom-and-a-bucket” paint shops for decades in the US).

Bert

[Dave C. Bolen]

Bert,

Go to a real automotive paint store? When I bought scratch fix paints for
my 78 champagne edition on line, they were just listed on their
site...exactly as the color codes said.

(real answer is at the bottom)

When the bus was repainted in the original colors, nobody even blinked
twice at the colors and they matched the originals perfectly.

Hmm....something else may be going on here.
At this site:
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/touch-up-paint/volkswagen/

I looked at 70-73 and saw no color of texas yellow at all. So I checked
to make sure they had the correct colors for my 78 Champagne, and they
were there. One even had the german spelling, but not the english).

Interesting....so Wolfsburg west says it is a real color.

Call around to different automotive paint stores!

Oh, here is what you want!

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?manuf=Volkswagen&model=Beetle&year=1972

Dupont and others reference codes for that color.

BTW, I did sell my bus!

Cheers, dave

[Bert Knupp]

Thanks everyone who helped out with the paint color matching,

It is odd that Sherwin-Williams doesn't even recognize VW L10B Texas Yellow, but fortunately some other suppliers do. As Dave suggested, I checked paintref.com online and found the equivalent color code from four other paint manufacturers and gave those to my Maaco shop. He was able to cross-match with DuPont and Ditzler-PPG's spec and get the mixing code.

The main reason I was looking for a factory color was for simplicity: the inside of the trunk, engine compartment, door jams etc. will be an easy match. A complete color change adds to the complexity.

Thanks for the advice, y'all. What a group!

Bert Knupp in Music City USA

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[Mike Morehouse]

Bert and others,

Here is a PDF scan of the paint sheet I got from my auto paint store back in 1999 for my Texas Yellow Bug. Maybe this will help as it was identical to original color when my Bug was painted.

Regards,

Mike Morehouse

[Bert Knupp]

Mike,

Thanks a lot! I’ve given it to my paint shop. He said, “Okay, this’ll do it.”  Q.e.d.

 

Bert

[Mike Morehouse]

Glad that helped. Not sure why I kept it but I had it in my catchall VW binder.

Best wishes.

Mike