Glad that helped. Not sure why I kept it but I had it in my catchall VW binder.
Best wishes. Mike On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Bert Knupp <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > Thanks a lot! I’ve given it to my paint shop. He said, “Okay, this’ll do > it.” Q.e.d. > > > > Bert > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Morehouse > *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2015 7:06 AM > *To:* VintagVW > *Subject:* Re: [vintagvw] Color matching > > > > 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 > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Bert Knupp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dave C. Bolen > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 2:56 PM > To: [email protected] > 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/[email protected] > > --- > > 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 [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > 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/[email protected] > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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/[email protected] > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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/[email protected] > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. 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