Pink paint(!) can't find the right shade. Advice?

[Rocky]

I've got a 56 fairlane victoria 2 door hardtop that I want to paint light pink over black with a black roof. I can't find anything close to the shade I want. Panther and hot pink are waaaay to dark. What do I need to do to get the right shade? I had 3 or 4 quarts of old stock HOK pink pearl lacquer that I sold about a year ago. From memory, that was very close to the shade I want. Mary Kay cosmetics color is pretty close but I'd have to see one of those up close. Any ideas?

Rocky

[Dork]

I'd just go to your local jobber and look at the Mary Kay color chip. Are they pearl now? If it is a tri coat you can play around with the base color or number or pearl coats to get closer to what your looking for..

[Rocky]

I don't think the color is a pearl and even if it was, I'd really like to stay away from a mid coat. I was hoping I could find something in a two stage.

Rocky

[Dork]

I would probably still just go to the paint store and look at color chips, they should have a fleet color book or fan deck of almost any shade of pink...

[isprayum]

new mary kay is tricoat. the older mary kay pink might be what hes looking for.

tidbit- when GM gets mary kay cadillacs back from leases, they repaint them 100% straight white before auctioning to GM dealers. engine bay and all.

[Phil V]

The original '56 Ford "pink" was called Sunset Corral. Another pink thats been around for a long time is called "Salmon". A buddy of mine has a '48 Chevy slant back 2 door lead sled that he refers to the color as "corral" but to me and everybody else its -- pink.

[Len]

If you have a supplier in your area that handles DuPont paint they may be able to mix it for you. We had a supplier who could mix those old colors in DuPont because they still had the old info but now they stopped selling DuPont products so we're SOL when it come to getting these old colors locally.

[Rocky]

The original '56 Ford "pink" was called Sunset Corral. Another pink thats been around for a long time is called "Salmon". A buddy of mine has a '48 Chevy slant back 2 door lead sled that he refers to the color as "corral" but to me and everybody else its -- pink.


I'm not trying to paint it the correct 50's pink. Salmon is definitely too dark. There was a light pink used on some mid 50's olds that is close to what I have in mind but the only thing I can think of in modern cars is the MK cars.

[mattcorby]

I do airbrushing so i have to mix custom colors all the time. if i were to do it, personally, i would start with white, then add some pink kandy concentrate until it's dark enough. you could also all very slight amounts of other kandy concentrates to change the color. you can add colors like blue, purple, red, etc. to get the exact hue you want. if you want to "dull" the pink, add VERY slight amounts of green.

[Len]

The average person isn't going to purchase all of these tints to get the proper hue but they could go to their paint supplier and pick something close then (maybe) tint it in the store to get what the shade they want. Better check on the supplier's flexibility before you purchase anything that needs more attention. Many suppliers only do this for customers that spend thousands of dollars every month.

[Ragdol]

I did a '55 Crown last year, Tropical Rose, the proper name of the pink color, & white. I got it mixed in DuPont Chomabase at my local jobber. We found the color on the DuPont database. He also has a folder with chips ALL of the hues of the various colors. This would be another option. Larry.