Subject: Re: [CR]Gios Blue
Stehhen wrote:
"As I understand it the unique "Gios Blue" cannot be duplicated today due
to
> some nasty chemicals that are no longer used or allowed in paint. Maybe
> they still allow it in Italy?"
I guess it depends on what you mean by "duplicated". Obviously every very paint vendor uses somewhat different pigments, resins, etc. Since there are no Gios automobiles, the large U.S. paint manufacturers have no incentive to produce a standard match and formula for the Gios color.
For me, if I can get it close enough that the customer regards my custom mix as a "match" for the original, that is all I really care to achieve.
One time I took some bottles of Gios touch up, sprayed them out on a flat panel, and had my paint jobber scan the result with his portable computer linked paint scanner. The DuPont color scanner system could not produce a match but I have done perfectly well mixing by eye.
Hugh Enox
Jevelot
La Honda