Cobra Colors!!!

[Ray]

My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said for Cobra Colors to reopen. After she asked what I was talking about she concluded that I was insane!!! Oh well, a boy can dream.

[Chad Shapiro]

My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said for Cobra Colors to reopen. After she asked what I was talking about she concluded that I was insane!!! Oh well, a boy can dream.

I have always loved Leon's work, and I know his product line and business practices were very well respected, but him going out of business is not the end of the world. There are still companies out there who sell similar products.

Model Car World, and Rainbow products still make laquer paints in factory colors for modelers.

If they dont have what you need, you can go to any paint jobber, and they can mix you small quantities of any factory paint code you want. Finding a shop that sells laquer may be hard, But Sherwin Williams and Dupont may have lapuer, depending on your location.

Also Urethanes happen to be really nice to work with, but will cost more. You do need to buy a hardener, but a $35 2 quart bottle will last for MANY bottles (but does have a shelf life, but I have used it for about a year after it was oppened). Any paint shop can mix any factory color you desire in this urethane, and they are used to doing small quantities for shops doing touch up work on 1:1 cars. Enough paint to do a few cars should run about $30. You can apply urethanes over lauqer primer if you want, but urethane primers are not too expensive. The best part of this type of paint, is that it cures very fast, as it is a catylised resin based paint. You can color sand it a day after its painted, and it will be like color sanding Laquer that you had to wait weeks to fully cure.

Again, its a shame to see Leon have to close his doors, but there are other alternatives out there.

[Jeff Johnston]

I agree.

I happen to be a Model Car World customer...He sells fantastic products. He will even mix custom colors (Such as Pantera Orange - which is the actual factory formula).

http://ourworld.cs.com/mcwautofinishes/paint/catalog.html

His service is as outstaning as the product. I have friends who swear by Rainbow.

There is also a guy named Gary Branik who has a company called "Kustom Kolours". I used to buy from him at NNL east. Another great product...though he has no web site. I wonder if anyone else buys from him.

kustomkolours@comcast.net

[cruz]

Model Car World paints are a little on the light side for me, I personally have a paint jobber close to me thank God and he happens to sell the Valspar line of paints which are the makers of House of Kolors paints. I pay about 15.00 dollars for half a pint and he mixes any paint I want from any year or model :wink: I am very satisfied with his service and his paints are dead on right.

[Chad Shapiro]

Model Car World paints are a little on the light side for me, I personally have a paint jobber close to me thank God and he happens to sell the Valspar line of paints which are the makers of House of Kolors paints. I pay about 15.00 dollars for half a pint and he mixes any paint I want from any year or model :wink: I am very satisfied with his service and his paints are dead on right.

Is it laquer or Urethane Cruz? I was at my paint jobber last week buying some supplies for my 1:1 project, and I found out that it is still legal to buy and sell laquer in Maryland! But Nyquist near me doesnt stock it, so they cant do custom mixes of small ammounts in house.