Dash Paint Type

[Mopar_Mudder]

Have a 1960 Fury that we are changing from Aqua to Red interior. What kind of paint is used for the dash and interior trim pieces. Color looks about the same as the exterior, but it seems like it is more of a satin finish. Almost like it has a little bit of texture to it.

 

[CBODY67]

The upper paint (which will reflect onto the inner surface of the windshield) SHOULD be a more-satiny or suede finish paint. With the lower surface below that more like the exterior paint in shine.

No padded instrument panel pad?

CBODY67

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Suede finish (slight texture), typically the colour code is found in the back of the service manual.

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

Any chance you would know of a source to get the Suede type of paint?

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

There should be a Ditzler code with the paint listing, and any good automotive paint supplier should be able to provide it for you in spray bombs or a can to use with a spray gun.

Some of those codes were used for many years (different colour names, same colour/texture) for many years - and are made in the aftermarket by various companies.

Google Search

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

I found this which says it is just a semi gloss, but the original feels like a bit of texture to it almost.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Is that from your service manual? That looks like an aftermarket Ditzler printout.

Best to get the code from the actual Chrysler service manual.

Keep in mind that it may be true that it was a semi gloss finish, and that the suede finish you're finding may have been applied by someone during the life of the car, in an effort to refresh the interior.

 

[azblackhemi]

The suede PPG used for texture was a lacquer product and due to sky high VOC's is no longer available. Not sure what else might be available.

 

[volksworld]

ok, I have no idea what the proper finish was for a 60....my 68 had a suede finish and I got it from 877 4paint1...maybe he might know what's correct for your year

 

[CBODY67]

IF the Chrysler factory service manual lists a paint code, which can cross with a Ditzler or similar supplier's paint code, it IS possible that it might not translate into modern color blending technology. Pigments have changed massively since the 1970s, much less the 1960s.

"Gloss" has different meanings. 100% Gloss would be glassy-shiny. 0% Gloss would be completely "flat". With "satiny" somewhere between 69% and 80%? Which could be the OEM factory black on air cleaners and engine brackets, for example, but GM still calls their engine enamel "Gloss Black". Just an advisory, from my observations.

Once the "base color" is perfected, then a "suede additive" is added to the final mix? Just like a "flattening additive" to decrease gloss levels.

It used to be that TCPGlobal.net was "the source" for vintage paints and such, but it has apparently slipped from that position (after it purchased the original DuPont refinish operations 10+ years ago) in more recent times. Seems like there was somebody in Michigan that knew how to cross the old paint code formulas into modern paint colors?

NOW . . . one FINAL consideration in instrument panel paint is HOW the car is assembled! Is the complete instrument panel assembled via "off-line assembly" (assembled completely on a sub-assy line at the factory) and then that complete unit is BOLTED into the car OR . . . is the instrument panel structure welded into the car's body and everything else is added to it on the assy line? I kind of suspect it is the latter, until the 1965 model year for full-size cars and Imperials. IF it is the latter, then the instrument panel structure/outer surfaces would have received actual body paint, most likely.

Just some thoughts,
CBODY67

 

[Big_John]

Any chance you would know of a source to get the Suede type of paint?

Try these folks Kolor Korrect-Your Source For Classic Car Paint

I got my paint for the interior of my '65 300L there. Nice to deal with.

 

[sprice]

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[413]

1960 model year Chrysler products did not have suede dash paint.

The dash is bolted into the car.

I agree with the paperwork that shows semi gloss finish.

Take the trim off the top of the dash next to the windshield and look at the finish underneath.

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

I have the service manual, can't say i have ever seen paint codes in one though.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

I couldn't find it either.

 

[CBODY67]

In the color chip charts in Hamtramck Historical, no chip charts for 1960, but there are for 1961. In most cases, that year, the color names listed on the charts might be the actual "sales names" for the colors. In most cases, there is a note that the interior colors and formulas, ARE the same as the outside colors, with a footnote that the suffix on the paint code means "Semi-Gloss" paint with a specified "flattening agent" added to the formula, in a specified amount.

No listings for "Chryslers" specifically, but all Plymouth, DeSoto. Valiant, and others are listed. No "Imperials", either.

Just what I found in there,
CBODY67

 

[redjim]

Some good advice on here, I used to be a paint matcher at Sherwin Williams automotive, when you find your desired paint if from a local paint store, they can add flattening to any color you choose in any amount and do spray outs until you reach the desired effect.

I've painted many a 40's dash with high gloss and had a 55 buick powder coated, driving all of these, I've never been blinded by a shiny dash or chrome windshield moldings, I don't know where that stuff comes from, either way, not too difficult to get what you want.

 

[58Belvedere]

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[58Belvedere]

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