Paint Opinion

[seavan]

Quick couple of questions please.

If you owned a Tuxedo Black hj sandman van and were about to do a full resto, would you paint it black again?
What colour would you paint it if not?
Do you think it detracts from a van to paint it a different colour to whats on the tags?

I know this sounds trivial but I really like the black outs on a van and in Tuxedo black you lose them all. Whats your opinion please?

[wbute]

Paint it black. I would love a genuine black Sandman. At least it will stand out from all the primary coloured vans.

[Frosty]

Black. Your lucky to have one.

[hqhzvans]

Hate to say it but you need to go with whats on the tags

[Valencia]

You know the old saying
Black is beautiful apparently

[Innuendo]

If you owned a Tuxedo Black hj sandman van and were about to do a full resto, would you paint it black again?

100% Yes

Do you think it detracts from a van to paint it a different colour to whats on the tags?

Absolutely

I know this sounds trivial but I really like the black outs on a van and in Tuxedo black you lose them all. Whats your opinion please?

The money in Sandman's is for matching numbers original specs. The higher and rarer the factory spec the more desirable and thus extra dollars.

[SLR_dave]

I do own one, it was red when I picked it up, now being stripped to bare metal, little bit of rust work to do, not too bad though, it will be tuxedo black again when finished with HX DX5 stripes.
Admittedly I did consider a metallic black with a really deep purple mixed in, and perhaps a chameleon paint etc, but not for long, I'd do something like that if it was a standard Kingy van maybe, but for Sandman, way better to keep the original colour. And they look great in black!
I know if I did anything else I would end up respraying it Tuxedo again eventually anyway, you cant go wrong with the original colour, becuase you never have to question your decision afterward, and nobody will seriously suggest you should have.

Anyway you dont entirely lose the blackouts, because they were satin not gloss,... um at least thats what I was gonna do, perhaps Byron or Dr Terry can help out here... is it correct to spray satin black blackouts over tuxedo gloss?

Theres a full thread on Tuxedo Black in the paint and panel section.

[Sandaro]

I understand what you mean re loss of blackouts, but I would still do it black, no questions asked... with white stickers..YUM

[HK1837]

In general yes, but i'd qualify that with a depends. Is the car going to be done as close to original as possible? If it is just a resto then it wouldn't matter as much. You can still do the blackouts, they are a satin finish and the body would be gloss. But they won't stand out as much and I agree that a black GTS or Sandman or SL/R or SS can look dull, especially the Sandman and SS as they have no red or silver highlights.

[davegmh]

Black HJ Sandman, pretty damn cool