OK - Its my turn to ask a quesiton

[Phil V]

A good customer of mine dropped off most of the metal parts (around 20 pieces) that make up an interior trim for a 1957 Ford Retractible Hardtop. Someone at some point painted the parts and did a nice job but my customer says the parts are too shiny and don't match the sheen of the original pieces as they left the factory. I scuffed all the parts with a Scotchbrite scuff pad and they are ready to paint. The same customer dropped off two cans of paint materials - a partially used gallon of singel stage red color and a square partial half gallon of mid temp hardener. The label on the paint can reads Autocolor ICI and under that it reads Zynagold mixed color. I have never heard of or used this brand of paint in my 35 years as a professional painter.
I did a little search on google for ICI and came up with the fact that ICI is owned by PPG. I would appreciate any information anyone can give me about the paint that I have. I'm reluctant to use the stuff for several different reasons, one being I'm not familiar with the paint so I don't know how its going to handle spraying etc. I don't know how old the paint is, including the hardener (which by itself could be a source of serious problems).
I don't know the proper mix ratios as nothing printed on the paint cans about mixing ratios. I'm about ready to tell him to go to the paint store and get me some fresh PPG paint and hardener.

[Len]

Phil
I've never used ICI but there are a couple shops in my area that use it. I believe it's a good quality material along the lines of European urethane. I would give it a shot if you can get the TDS info from the company.

Matching the gloss is another matter. To me that is more difficult than matching color. Be sure to get the gloss reducing additive recommended by ICI and do several test panels using different measured amounts of gloss reducer so that you can reproduce your results. I would charge the customer for all time related to doing the work... the car is worth the expense for sure.

I would think that you could get most TDSes from a good PPG supplier.