Black Paint

[Husky Jim]

<img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />I am repainting my off color early 1916 Brass Touring Car to the proper black and am going to use PPG paint as supplied by my local paint dealer. I was hoping that someone could enlighten me as to the proper, or closest black to use. If you have a PPG number that they could mix to, that would be great as contrary to popular opinion, black is not always black I am told as there are varying shades as well as gloss factors to be considered. This is a driver that I use in the schools for show and tell, so it is not going to be judged, but I want it as authentic as is practical.

Thanks,

Jim

uhldwm@ak.net

[DizzyDale]

Dear Jim,IMHO PPG black is dark brown,we used Speiss Hecker blue black on our Zephyr.It IS black.I would think that a acrylic enamel would have the correct amount of gloss.diz <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[whtbaron]

That car was most likely shot originally in a nitrocellulose lacquer, which normally would have a lower level of gloss than most modern paints, depending on how ambitious the polisher was. One option would be to add a small amount of flattening agent into a modern enamel, another would be to fog the final coat and kill the shine a bit with dry spray. Just let it set up a bit, and fog it from back about 2 ft. Don't go overboard or you'll make a mess though.

[Guest tmodelman]

The Model T in the late Brass years was painted with gilsonite black paint, a very black asphaltic color varnish.

Details of the paint used can be found on the MTFCA website:

http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/P-R.htm#paint1

The Model T body and fenders color black was very high gloss black when new, but rapidly dulled in sunlight. Most T's are restored painted in gloss black with acrylic enamel. The Dupont Centari #99A Black is a good deep gloss black.

Only the later Improved T's in 1926 when color was avail were coated in pryoxlylin lacquer, so bodies in lacquer paint for the later years would be correct, fenders and other sheetmetal were always oven baked black enamel.

[whtbaron]

lol..........I stand corrected, interesting site, thanx. Centari is an excellent high gloss paint, the only thing I didn't like about it was the smell when spraying it, which you get used too.