How to paint Stryker Red

ksungela

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Watching BJ and saw a viper with Stryker Red paint. I searched online and the only info I found is that it consists of multiple layers of color (starting with orange) and each layer is wet sanded and buffed. Does anyone know the actual process to create this color and incredible result?
stryker red.JPG
 
Appears to be a candy red of some type. Slight oversimplification but generally a silver base, red candy coat. The brighter and shinier the base the more effect. Like what you are seeing,
 
i had planned on silver for my next truck until i saw a new mustang . has a candy brandywine look. will be a tricoat i'm sure and a pia but damn it is nice.
 
the 2018 mustang royal crimson color is a base with a tinted clearcoat. Not really the traditional tricoat but the same effect.

I did a chevelle a few years back in Ruby Red which is also a tinted clear from ford, but Matrix offered it in a true tricoat form and it turned out really nice.
 
The stryker red paint isnt buffed after every layer, its basically an orange base with a red midcoat(candy) then cleared.
 
it looks like a favorite of mine in the 70's. gold metallic base , micro flake and candy brandywine. will look into it . may just do it the old way but it is the effect i want. ford has several of those reds i really like .
 
Adding base to first coats of clear then clear certainly added depth to my 2 cars.
Have to top it with straight clear or it won't shine. Don't use metallic base to tint clear or you'll have glitter.
 
Google says the code is PRK, but it doesn't pull up for me in Standox. Would be interesting to know if/how it's done.
 
What I could find is:
2013 Dodge color code PRK
2013 Dodge Viper code RK
2015 Chrysler code PRK
All of the above crossed to a PPG 936689 but in RM it was a tri-stage color with 897298, 897297 codes given.

I like the color so if anyone gets some more accurate information please post it.
 
I'm going to be getting back on my 59 vette soon and want to decide on a red. If I can't figure out how to do the red shown in the first post I'll need something else. I like volcano Red from McLaren, but my jobber has to give McLaren a valid Vin # and a certified shop who will do the work in order to get the paint from McLaren, so I think that's out. Ruby Red with a clear coat tint is pretty good (Ford). Mazda Soul Red is OK, but wanted something darker. Lexus Infrared is a possibility. I like Brandywine red with a candy coat. HOK has some variations, but I need to buy a quart @$125 just to do a spray out to see what it looks like in person. too expensive. Does anyone have a color code for a similar color to what's in the video that I can get a 1/2 pint mixed?

Volcano red
mclaren volcano red.jpg

Ford Ruby red
ford ruby red.jpg


Mazda Soul red
mazda soul red2.jpg

Lexus Infrared
Infrared.JPG
 
The Lexus infared looks good. I heard that 505Q is a GM red color similar to Ford ruby red, and not a tri-coat. Barry, any updates on SPI Ruby red or Ferrari blue?
 
It's funny I was just looking at new Ford trucks last Saturday in person. That pic of Ruby red (at least on my monitor) seems light. To me it was quite a bit darker.
 
Some of the new colors are rather hard to spray. Somewhat different techniques and nozzles sizes are needed. The reds aren't as bad as some of the other colors. Did a Mazda 46G (factory paint code) last week and it was a bear. 4 stage color and I had to buy a 1.1 fluid tip and nozzle for my Sata to do it. Funky and extremely difficult to blend/match. 46V (Soul Red) is not the easiest color to spray either. It is also a 4 stage. Ford Ruby Red is a fairly easy one to shoot. 3 stage with a maroon mid coat. Relatively easy color to match. Gm has a equivalent to Ruby Red (name and code escpaes me ATM) that shoots similar to Ruby Red.

Personally instead of trying to shoot these exotic new finishes (which are very expensive...good luck with getting the Mclaren formula:D) a traditional candy apple red looks just as good. Especially if you use a lighter ground coat. Silver would give the most pop but also be the most difficult. Something tinted in the direction of the candy coat with heavy amounts of coarse silver metallic would be slightly easier to shoot and still have that look of the Viper in the pic above. Before you commit weigh your skill (not commenting on your skill just making a point) versus the difficulty and cost of the color and decide if you are willing to risk having to redo it or not being satisfied with how it turns out and binning it all and starting over. Also consider the difficulty of trying to color match and blend it if a repair is needed. Painting an Overall is one thing, being able to do seamless blends is what separates the men from the boys.

Personally I've been doing this since 1990 and have sprayed many many cars. I would not want to do one of these new 4 stages in a home booth. I think sometimes simpler is better, especially if you ever have plans of resale.
 
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