What Color to Paint Demon? White or Blue?

Which color?

  • Alpine White

    Votes: 49 45.8%

  • B5 Blue

    Votes: 58 54.2%
  • Total voters
    107
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Howdy,

I have a '72 Demon I'm building into a street car (meaning it's not an original, $$$ restoration.) I'll probably drop a 440 or a 408 in the car.

Right now the car is in SPI epoxy primer and I'm about to do body work.

The Demon was originally GB5 Bright Blue Metallic; however, this being the first car I'm going to paint, I'm not painting a metallic color.

I'm actually thinking about painting the car white. This has advantages:

1) It'd be faster to get the car on the road. SPI epoxy comes in white and it's said to be more chemical resistant than paint in the engine bay. So I could just spray the engine bay, door jambs and trunk in white epoxy and be done with it. The primer is also glossy if it dries slow... so it should match the white exterior pretty well.

2) Easier to maintain and match later if necessary.

3) Hides body work better & cheaper paint.

Interestingly, the car was repainted one before white.

I kinda like the look of a white Demon with contrasting black stripes/wheels/hood. Plus I don't see a lot of white A-bodies, period, whereas there seems to be more B5 cars than Mopar originally built.

I could also paint the car the original blue, except for the fact that I'd remove the metallic from the paint. Also more time/work compared to above and I haven't decided how I'd have a blue trunk area. I don't want to paint it per se; I want something durable like truck bedliner that's tintable since I can't easily find blue epoxy. Might be a hassle.

I may also consider driving the car in white epoxy/2K just to see how I like it. I'd contact the primer maker to see if I can UV protect it somehow.

Thoughts? I'm thinking out loud right now.
 
B5 blue has metallic in it .
It is not real pronounced but it has metallic in it .
 
Why limit yourself to the Mopar color palette? It's your car, after all.

I wanted a Petty blue Demon. Ford's J code, Grabber Blue, is closer to the color on Petty's Superbird I saw in Randleman than the Mopar's TB3, Basin Street Blue. So I painted the car in J.
 

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Do whatever makes you happiest. You made a lot of arguments for white.
 
2 Darts said:
...I wanted a Petty blue Demon. Ford's J code, Grabber Blue, is closer to the color on Petty's Superbird I saw in Randleman than the Mopar's TB3, Basin Street Blue. So I painted the car in J.
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Isn't TB3 actually Petty Blue??

I know it was called Basin Street Blue, Corporation Blue or Super Blue....but they were all the same formula and originated from the color on Richard's car.

BTW, another vote for you to paint it TB3, from me!!
 
You just know I wasn't going to let this poll go un-answered....Lets go with BLUE.
 

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I personally like blues,white has it's advantages. White does get easier to deal with,& one of my favorites. I'm torn between both,probably Alpine white.
 
i hate white,but its your car.you have some good points.will you like white 6 months from now?
 
Black Epoxy. The easiest . you can spray everything at once . No taping except for the windows and lights. I saw guys paint em black and they never took one wire out from under the hood. One piece of tape on the weather strips where they touch the body. Reach under and do the suspension. Spray it all! Now that is the way to save on paint. And tape/paper.
 
Back in the day, a buddy of mine had a white '72 340 Demon with the stripes and it looked sharp.
Go with the white, that's what you want anyway...........
 
My 1970 duster was originally alpine white. I may go back to its roots. It's basically a 340 4 speed clone so it will have black side stripes and flat black on the hood, demon scoop, cowl, and around the Windows.
 
white is very rare and i think it looks cool!! don't know whos car this is but the white to black contrast is nice!!
 

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Piston Speed said:
I could also paint the car the original blue, except for the fact that I'd remove the metallic from the paint. Also more time/work compared to above and I haven't decided how I'd have a blue trunk area.

Thoughts? I'm thinking out loud right now.
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I wouldn't bother trying to remove the metallic from the paint... it's a LOT of work with a microscope and tweezers to get the metallic flakes out...

I'd vote for Sassy Grass green.
 
Most of your reasons for white involve saving money and getting it on the road faster. You're going to have to look at this thing for years so pick a color you're going to like in the long haul. Don't pick the easiest or cheapest because you may regret it and end up doing it all over again at some point.

I'd personally go with blue on a Demon but IMO butterscotch with black stripes is the best Demon color combo.
 
Mini Copper she is a nice shade of blue,my last car 69 Dart was the same,some swear it b5.I let them think :finga: dont get me wrong b5 is sweet but everyone has the b5 blue.
 

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Mr Gorsky said:
Isn't TB3 actually Petty Blue??
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Mopar sort of marketed it that way. There was a code 99 paint in 1966 that I saw sprayed on a few Plymouth Satelites that was a similar shade. I had owned a TB3 painted 72 Demon striped like my current car. I thought it was a little on the light side compared to what I saw in magazines.

I had read letters in car mags that debated whether J or TB3 was closer. When I learned I would be travelling near Randleman, NC, I went to my local paint shop and got a sample of each sprayed on an identically prepared piece of metal. I visited a little museum at the shop and compared my samples with the Superbird. The J was closest IMO. That was why I chose the J code. I never asked my current PPG vendor for a current sample of TB3 using the current formula that they use.

Since then I have learned that automotive coatings (paint) are colored by various pigments. (The A4 silver blended by the "numbers" for my '66 Dart GT used 8 pigments, looked green, and adequately matched some unmolested original paint that I found on the car.) It is possible to blend pigments for the color desired and get different results each time. This is due to variations in dye lots. That said, even if TB3 and J use different pigment combinations, due to dye lot variance it is entirely possible for them to be indistinguishable from each other in the same light, on identically prepared surfaces using the naked human eye to make the assessment.

As a result of my experience, I do not trust my eyes or brain to remember colors for matching purposes. What ever color the OP decides to use, I advise that he purchase an additional quart or two blended from the same pigments at the time, and by the same person and equipment, the mix for the car is blended. Even primary colors, or non-colors, can turn out different.
 
we all have our colors we like and don't. I like white. I also like B3 and B5 blues. hate B7. hate blue int though! Ha

look at the pic album in mo kan raceway from last weekend, a member there running a white duster, see white in ACTION!!!!

I know painting is scary, but you can lay down nice B5 with its poly. make a mistake? go back and fix it!!!!

like ya say, white has MANY advantages!
 
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