Nostalgic for the Fifties and Sixties - Beyond Tiki

J johntiki Member MD Joined: Mar 31, 2002 Posts: 1528	J johntiki Posted posted on Fri, Sep 30, 2005 11:45 AM Stuff-o-rama, if you track down an original paint chip from the 50's you could take it to Home Depot or Lowes and have them match it... I know a local Home Depot in my area has a cool machine where you place a color sample on a mini scanner and it does all the necessary work in providing the pigments needed to replicate that color as well as listing its complimentary shades... I've never had to use it put you basically could scan a chunk of orange peel and it'd replicate the color! I know this is technically from the 40's but I would have absolutely loved to have traveled on a Streamliner!

Stuff-o-rama, if you track down an original paint chip from the 50's you could take it to Home Depot or Lowes and have them match it... I know a local Home Depot in my area has a cool machine where you place a color sample on a mini scanner and it does all the necessary work in providing the pigments needed to replicate that color as well as listing its complimentary shades... I've never had to use it put you basically could scan a chunk of orange peel and it'd replicate the color!

I know this is technically from the 40's but I would have absolutely loved to have traveled on a Streamliner!

Post #189914 by johntiki on Fri, Sep 30, 2005 11:45 AM