Where to Obtain Sahara Paint??

[borgpj]

OK, the 1973 is off to the painter.  After months of bodywork, he is ready to shoot on the color coat.  His supplier states that Sahara (06) is no longer available.  Does anyone know if that is true or not?  If you can recommend another supplier and/or brand, that would be very helpful.  I really wanted to stick with the original factory color.

[kutzoh]

My painter shot mine with Glasurit paint in Sahara - still available.

Greg

[Stevenc22]

Proper auto paint shops usually just mix the paint using a computer formula so it doesn't matter that the paint "isnt available". Just need the code.

[esty]

any automotive paint store that can mix paint

[\\\Mink]

Bring the paint shop something with the original paint on it and have them do a custom match and give you the formula.  I don't trust modern paints mixed to the original codes - they never seem to be exactly right.  The last 3 cars I've painted I had a custom match done and the color was spot on. 

 

 

[NYNick]

Think I might change shops....

[02Les]

11 minutes ago, NYNick said:

Think I might change shops....

Think you hit the nail on the head there.

[SteveJ]

I can see the shop trying to CYA. They don't want to just paint it and then have some persnickety old car owner saying the color is wrong. +1 with matching a body panel, inside, that hasn't been exposed to the elements. 

 

The color will be brighter/darker/different than what you are used to seeing. It is fresh paint. My M3 was just resprayed. It is taking me a while to get used to the shade of Henna, but I know it is right as we matched the underside of the trunk lid.

 

[Mark92131]

I would consider using Kutzoh's painter or his formula for Glasurit Sahara (06).  That shade of Sahara looks spot on.  I agree with ///Mink, some of the modern paint manufacturers are slightly off with their formulas for our cars.  I had a particularly hard time getting a factory match for Mintgrun on my 1975 using the paint manufacturers formula and ended up having the car repainted (first photo too milky, second photo after color match).  If you can color match an original piece of the car that hasn't been exposed to the elements or aged, that would be ideal.  Hopefully the painter will spray out some test panels (https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Sample-Panels-Powder-Coating/dp/B00I0AL24A) for you to see before spraying the whole car.

 

Mark92131

 

 

[02in]

I had some Sahara mixed up for small touch-up. The blend was dead on. 

Here's the mix on my can.

Eric

[BarneyT]

Glasurit Sahara available...but not highly requested, Sahara looks beautiful when freshly repainted...

[TobyB]

16 hours ago, NYNick said:

Think I might change shops....

You beat me to it.

 

t

 

[Stevenc22]

Since its a full respray who cares if the modern shade is slightly off. Just have a batch mixed up and paint away. And if you ever need more paint, you know who mixed it and they can mix you a new batch any time.

[TobyB]

...which will be slightly different from what's on your car. 

 

I agree, exactly matching paint color is an art, which is why

I pay a GOOD shop for the few cars I have that I care about a match on.

Anything that's not mixed to match isn't going to, berzactly...

 

t

 

[Mark92131]

3 hours ago, Stevenc22 said:

who cares if the modern shade is slightly off

 

I for one would care, it would drive me crazy.  Especially after spending months of prep work to get the body right for a new paint job in an original color.  I had a very nice 75 Polaris car that was repainted in a slightly different shade of silver.  I thought I could live with it, but every time I would see it, it would make me feel sad or disappointed.  I finally had to sell it to get rid of the feeling.  I also have a compulsion to straighten pictures when I enter a room, not my best character trait.  Seeing cars in their original factory colors makes me happy.

 

Mark92131