1979 GS 1000 S paint scan results

[chuck hahn]

As you may have followed i scanned the paint on the S that I just bought and here are the EXACT mixes for for both the blue and the white ...These are for a 1 pint mix..Dupont Chromabase BC

BLUE TINTING GUIDE

801J HS WHITE 52.3
829J LIGHT BLUE 99.8
828J HS FAST BLUE 127.6
806J HS BLACK 132.5
150K B/C BALANCER 359.3
175K BINDER 450.7

Dupont paint code is..534687K
Car code..NATIONAL FLEET COLOR
COLOR NAME IS..BLUE

WHITE TINTING GUIDE

801J HS WHITE 143.5
807J LS BLACK 152.9
831J LS FAST GREEN 155.6
881J HS YELLO OXIDE 157.9
150K B/C BALANCER 385.0
175K BINDER 485.4

Dupont paint code is..845669K
Car code..SPECTRAMASTER COLOR ATLAS
COLOR NAME IS..COLOR ATLAS NEUTRAL

[JEEPRUSTY]

how did you get the bik in the scanner?

[chuck hahn]

Guy has a portable hand held gun and he came out to the trailer and took three scans of each color then went in and downloaded that info into the mixing computer and in a matter of ten minutes i had the exact mixes printed and in my hands.

[JEEPRUSTY]

Do thos handhelds use a full spectrum light to get a reading?

Alos I am pretty sure tha air used to shoot the paint needs to have lingered over japan for the preceeding 30 minutes or so. Its in the small print in the manual.

Where are the pictures of this new machine?4

[chuck hahn]

Dale is gonna post them tonight i assume..i started a thread in the GS owners section titled newest s club applicant. He took a boatload of pics so there will be lots of stuff to see. He will post a link as soon as he can i am sure. dont know what kind of light it uses..all i know is he took three scan of each and downloaded them and printed me the labels..I asked him what a gadget like that cost and he said it was close to 6 grand for the whole setup and software.. I thought it was slick as door knob snot myself!!

[bwringer]

Awesome info!

IIRC, the originals were subject to a good bit of variation in color and paint pattern from the factory.