Thread: PPG Harley Davidson Paint

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There is some PPG Harley Davidson Basecoat on E-Bay. It is in 5 gallon buckets and I thought about buying one to paint my 69 camaro. Anyone know how to mix this ? Would this be a good idea ?
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YOu shouldn't need much more than a gallon of base to do your car. I would also find out what kind of paint it is. In the past, all of the touchup paint I bought from Harley was lacquer, but I also know they used baked Epoxy on prodution bikes. If you can't use it with a common paint system it could turn into a problem, and you won't be able to buy the same color from most paint sources in the future.

It is urethane paint, basecoat. Any one know how to mix it ?
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Acrylic urethanes are now the standard of the industry. I don't see anything displacing them until waterbase technology either advances, or becomes mandatory.

You should have no problem using readily available products with your basecoat. If you are nervous use the PPG line with it. The urethane reducers are pretty universal between brands. Basecoats, from my experience, can be interchanged, and I have used various brands of clearcoat over them. The secret to the adhesion is more in the process than the brand formulas.

2low ,
what line is this PPG paint ? DCC , DBC or DBU ?
Not all reducers will inter mix with these products .
DCC takes a DU catylist and DT reducer and is a single stage
DBC is a base coat and is reduced with the DT reducer BUT,
DBC take a reactive reducer called DRR and when mixed hardens and cannot be reused after 24 hours ( depending on temps ) .
SprayTech

Spraytech,
I don't know. If I did it would be easy, I'd just go to the PPG website and look. This is just some paint a guy is selling on E-bay. I looked at his pictures but do not see anything to tell me if it's DBU, Omni or any other line. I've searched the internet for the numbers on the outside of the can but still no clue. Here are the numbers S27338 and underneath 28639. But these may just be color codes.
By the way, nice to hear from you, you were a life saver on my last project.

Originally Posted by toolow 69C10

Spraytech,
I don't know. If I did it would be easy, I'd just go to the PPG website and look. This is just some paint a guy is selling on E-bay. I looked at his pictures but do not see anything to tell me if it's DBU, Omni or any other line. I've searched the internet for the numbers on the outside of the can but still no clue. Here are the numbers S27338 and underneath 28639. But these may just be color codes.
By the way, nice to hear from you, you were a life saver on my last project.

Maybe it isn't worth the money saved for the potential problems involved.

To me, Not choosing the exact shade of paint you want, or the inability to go buy a pint of touch up paint, in the future, is enough to blow it off. Then you add the potential for problems finding the right products to use with it, and lastly, the thing nobody but me seems to care about.....all of the hours and materials lost, if you have to repaint.

2low , it looks like those #'s are Harley Paint code #'s , and it sounds like a tri stage .

And I am with you HRP , its not worth buying if you do knot now what your buying .
I would go to your local jobber , doesnt matter if its PPG, Dupont , Sikkins , ect....... They should be able to help you finding the right color you are wanting , plus getting all the right compatible products to do the job right the first time .

SprayTech