1969 Camaro Trunk paint

[SS427]

Ours is actually a three phase process and was perfected by our painter Tom Scholtz. It is nothing out of a can and has to be done with perfect timing using actual water droplets and another concoction to act as a fisheye creating formula. This is done in between coats of base color and dot color and with the paint still tacky. Takes 2-3 days start to finish and is VERY expensive and can only be done in house.

[Salvatore]

that looks real good!

[BillD]

Just stumbled upon this on Craigslist:

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/pts/3414335649.html.

Original Dupont spatter paint. I don't know anything about it other than what is in the ad

So I take it this guy wants $500 for a quart of this paint. Certainly not cheap.

[Lynn]

Well, it turns out that no one sells anything that a hobbyist can do in his or her garage that will look like the original. I think I saw a post by William over at Camaros.org that referenced RM #844, but don't believe it is still being produced.

Dupont makes sense. They supplied the rest of the paint for GM.

I appreciate Rick speaking up, and appreciate the photos. I understand why his painter wouldn't want to divulge the entire proces, nor all the ingredients. He has a lot of time invested in perfecting it. However, and I mean no disrespect, if those photos are representative of the final product, that does not look like the factory paint on my 08A Camaro (or like the paint on JohnZ's 02D Camaro). Maybe the 70 Chevelles are different. The light specks in my paint have none of the "snow flake" look that almost every light speck has in the above photos. Here is the other thing: GM most certainly did not spend three days using impeccable timing to get the look they got. More like three minutes. So... until someone can uncover the product they used and the gun they used (have seen mentions of primer guns with .021 and larger tips, and references to pressure pot guns), none of us can really duplicate it.
The pics I am attaching are from the parts of my trunk I did not have to work on. It is the original spatter paint. No snowflake look. All the light specks are random size, but very definable.
Now, how about some pics ffom some of you guys that have spatter painted your trunks, with an id of the product you used and the gun you used.
I might be satisfied with zolotone, but would like to see some pics. Heck, I might head to Lowes' and buy two different latex paints, and do my own two step process, then cover in satin poly. I don't have to decide any time soon.

[Lynn]

Picks of JohnZ's trunk lifted from a thread at Camaros.org

[Charley Lillard]

The 1100 mile LA built 70 Z28 trunk

[Charley Lillard]

Low mile Azure 69 RS Camaro built in LA

[Woj]

Nice photos Charley,

My 69 Chevelle, Fremont produced, has the same web type spatter as your Camaro.

I had to do a little touch up of the trunk and used some GM spatter paint. When I moved the can side to
side quickly while spraying, it produced a very similar effect.

This has got to be one of the most difficult auto finishes to duplicate today.

Phil Woj

[firstgenaddict]

The stringy looking type can be replicated using thicker paint and low pressure so as to cause strings coming off the tip of the gun. I will tell you I have done it by accident however to replicate on demand takes a lot of practice.