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Hello!
I am a very fresh, yet very happy owner of a ZR-1 from 1970. The car definitely needs some renovations. I think I am gonna be fine with the interior and mechanical parts but I have a little problem with the exterior. I need to paint it but I would love to use the original color. Restore the color and not repaint it. Is there a catalog of original paints somewhere available? |
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Wow! You have one special car there! Unless the ZR1 has special paint codes in 1970, I would think your paint code is here.
https://www.corvsport.com/1970-c3-co...orvette-colors Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fremont,Ca
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Unless the paint is beat I'd clean it up and leave it.
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Nice project. If it dont have bigger damage Im with Jeff, leave it and just work with whats there. Old factory paint is never wrong even when beat up.
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorco...et+Paint+Codes |
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Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri
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One more for restoring the original paint, if at all possible!
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Two methods come to mind.
1. Wash with dawn and start with something like meguiars mirror glaze professional diamond cut compound 2.0 than wax away. 2. Wet sand first with a 3000 paper (this only if your familiar with wet sanding auto paint) Good luck post some pics
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I use a Griot G9 dual action machine on my vehicles, I wash with a high quality soap, then spray small area, fender, then hood, etc...with a iron remover, (Meguiars makes one) Then, next step is to clay bar, I use meguiars detailer spray, to keep paint wet. after, I spray off, and then, I use a orange cutting pad, w/ either, griots correcting paste, or Meguiars deep cut. I do small areas, once it sets for about 10 minutes, I then, take off by hand w/a mico fiber towel, after, I completed, I go over the car, using a polish, same as above steps, except I change to a polishing pad (red or black), after that, it's paint seal, using a new ceramic coating, shines like a babys bottom.
Real ceramic's cost around a $100 for a kit, I have had success with, Turtle wax, spray and Griots 3x1. sorry so long winded, but, if you know me, you'd understand Diapers lives matter |
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