Working on a 280SL, including replacing the beat-up wheel covers with some better ones that needed painting. I ordered a spray can of DB158 from Paintscratch. The color match was awful - it looked more like Light Ivory. The automotive paint stores could only provide two- or three-stage paint at a cost of over $100 and they warned against using anything other than a HVLP gun to spray it. None of the Krylon or Rustoleum colors worked.
So I tried the regular Sherwin Williams store and bought a quart of their enamel in "Useful Gray" for $24. I cut it with 25% mineral spirits and put it on with a Preval sprayer after a coat of self-etching primer. I'm happy with the color match and the paint is very forgiving and super easy to apply.
The Sherwin Williams store had a really good good selection of non-metallic colors - there must be at least 25 shades of light gray.
I wouldn't try painting the body panels with this paint, but for engine compartment, wheel covers or dash it would work well.
Cheers,
CT
