PPG Code for B5 blue

[erik70rt]

What is the PPG code for B5 blue?  Need to paint the new rear valance for my '70 R/T.

[Shane Kelley]

Your going to want to have somebody shoot your car with a color camera. If you go off stock formulas it will be a crap shoot for color match. The shading on that color varies all over the place.   

[ec_co]

Your going to want to have somebody shoot your car with a color camera. If you go off stock formulas it will be a crap shoot for color match. The shading on that color varies all over the place.   

this is why I've been trying to find the pigment % breakdown for '70 B5 (found it Once on c-c ... never to be found again  ). slight variations over the years from the factory and slight variations from the current manufacturers, so I'd like to have the exact '70 formulation

[Shane Kelley]

Your going to want to have somebody shoot your car with a color camera. If you go off stock formulas it will be a crap shoot for color match. The shading on that color varies all over the place.   

this is why I've been trying to find the pigment % breakdown for '70 B5 (found it Once on c-c ... never to be found again  ). slight variations over the years from the factory and slight variations from the current manufacturers, so I'd like to have the exact '70 formulation

The problem you have is the base toners have changed. So the exact 70 formulation won't do you any good because it can't be duplicated with modern toners.

[Roadman]

Your going to want to have somebody shoot your car with a color camera. If you go off stock formulas it will be a crap shoot for color match. The shading on that color varies all over the place.   

                                       only way to match it.           

[erik70rt]

My painter has the old valance I pulled off so he can adjust to match the color.  But he wants the base code for a starting point.

[Chryco Psycho]

You also have the challenge of using the correct B5 There is EB5 & GB5 which are different ,  I also found a 3rd B5 from another year while at Carlisle

[erik70rt]

EB5

[B5Cuda440-6]

erik70rt,

The PPG Code for B5 is 2019, however the types of toners will be different depending on if you are trying to mix PPG: DAR, DBU or DBC. I've been trying to find someone who can match the B5 sprayed on my car to also re-spray my valences and front elastomeric bumper. It's been VERY difficult to find someone who is willing to do the tint off of the panel, and even MORE difficult for them to match it. We have yet to arrive at a match to what is on my car. Since B5 has a considerable amount of metallic, the sheen changes depending on the angle of view.

[Shane Kelley]

If your just doing valances the way they mount there is a natural flip. So if color is pretty close you won't notice it because that color has such a big flip. Perfect is never going to happen other than dumb luck. You can take the same paint out of the can the car was painted with and shoot something and it will look different. So many variables involved. Nozzle size, Air temp, Air pressure, Distance from the part etc.......