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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 09:13 AM
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Need Paint

i have to do some rust repair under my tail lights and under my doors but i need some dark silver matalic paint. i know i saw some bigger spray cans on someones web site but i cant find them again.... idont want the touch up kit cuz im gonna need more paint than that.

anyone know where i can find the bigger spray cans?
 
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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Waymotorworks has std size spray cans.....
 
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Old Oct 18, 2013 | 10:40 AM
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This stuff worked great for me:

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/
 
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 09:10 AM
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I am not sure exactly what large cans of spray you were looking for Greek, but I know the link Bahawton supplied is a good paint in a can. Factory matched colors. I tried to order paint from Way a while back and they had to cancel that part of the order for some reason, but what they sell should be just as good if you have luck going that route.
 
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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Another thing you can do is go to a auto parts store that deals with automotive paint and they can put any color you want in a spray can.. If you have your paint code its real easy.. Im not sure how large of spray cans they have but ive always used the standard size.. good luck..
 
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Old Oct 20, 2013 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ZIPPY "S"
Another thing you can do is go to a auto parts store that deals with automotive paint and they can put any color you want in a spray can.. If you have your paint code its real easy.. Im not sure how large of spray cans they have but ive always used the standard size.. good luck..
^^ + 1

Ya, Greek I'm sure you've seen your paint code on the side of the fender under the hood.

Also there's a paint store in my area that has a cool little camera, they set it on the surface to be matched -then they plug the camera into a computer which is also connected to a scale, and it tells them how many grams of each color and other components (like reducer, and catalyst?) to mix together for an exact color match of paint. It's really neat!

If you want to find a paint store with that technology in your area, the camera thing is called "DuPont ChromaVision"
 
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