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 -----Original Message----- From: vintagvw@googlegroups.com [mailto:vintagvw@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave C. Bolen Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:56 PM To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Color matching 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 On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Bert Knupp wrote: > > 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 > > -- > Visit the VintagVW archives at > http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" > group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/vintagvw@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintagvw+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to vintagvw@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
