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    FEP Super Member eric5oh's Avatar
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    Default Best place to get touch up paint?

    Tidying up my 85 to get it ready for sale. 85 GT 2A Medium Canyon Red. Best place to get a rattle can or 2?
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    So here is what I did this last week:
    My car is the '81 4-door Granada in Medium red (paint code 24).

    I went to the local auto paint supply and they were able to mix me up a pint of factory matched paint and charge four rattle cans with it. Still a bit left in the pint can, too. Now, the paint on the car is almost 40 years old so it won't be EXACT, but it will be very close. Still a one stage Urethane paint so it will go right on without issues, no clear coat needed. I just want to do my top panels (hood, trunk lid, roof) as they have a lot of surface rust and very little actual factory paint remaining. It won't be perfect, but it will look tons better and arrest the rust.

    Cost? $78 out the door. Not cheap, but quality never is.
    83 5.0 GT. Quicker than it looks! 10:1 (or just over) 306, Motorsport a332 cam, 140A alt, t5 conv, 8.8 w/ 3.27's, Edel rpm, alum rad, very worked e7's, Holley SA carb, etc... SOLD IT!!!!

    Now an 1981 Granada! .040 over 302, Edel E-street heads... Currently building a 347 because, why not?

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    I would hardly call single part paint "quality." I'm sure it looks better but it won't hold up very well. You can have them mix you up some 2-part, single stage paint. Mix up small amounts and use these to spray it...
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    They don't work too well on large surfaces with metallic, but a regular solid color paint will go on ok (still not the best way to apply on large panels). But the 2-part stuff holds up a lot better than single part, any way you look at it. Spray a little brake cleaner on each and you'll see what I mean.
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    You can even do a 2-stage, 2-part (bc/cc) using these aerosol cans or they make 2-part clear in rattle cans. That's basically how I did an old 4-wheeler last year.
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    79 Pace Car - 331, t5
    79 Pace Car- 302, 4 spd
    79 Cobra - working on 351w, t5
    82 Capri- working on 302, t5
    82gt - working on 408w, c4

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