Cheap wheel paint at Ollies

Toeslider · Apr 18, 2012

The supply of Dupli-Color automotive paint in random colors seems to have dried up at my local Ollies Discount, but in it's place they seem to have an abundance of Dupli-Color Wimbeldon White Truck and Van paint for $.99 a can. This color is a not-quite-white that should look good and hold up well on vintage ballooner wheels. The two stores I was in each had at least 40 cans on the shelf, so I picked up 10. It has the EZ-touch fan tip and sprays real nice. Seems like I am always painting something on vintage-type bikes white, so it made sense to stock up.

ezernut9mm · Apr 18, 2012

wimbleton white is an old factory ford car and truck color. it's what my 61 f100 is. it is what i want to paint my 62 schwinn, but it is 6$ a can here.

CCR · Apr 18, 2012

had an older 85 ford f250 in wimbeldon white, loved that truck, it was a nice off white, kind of on the yellow side.

dragnusa · Apr 18, 2012

I miss being close to an ollies every time we used to go Id head straight for the paint isle

ezernut9mm · Apr 18, 2012

too bad you can't ship spray paint through the u.s. mail. even with shipping i could save a bundle on a case of that stuff at that price.

Toeslider · Apr 18, 2012

I think Ford has had Wimbeldon White as a stock color ever since at least the mid-sixties. I think my 64 Mercury was Wimbeldon White, or a close match to it.

ezernut9mm · Apr 18, 2012

it's hard to tell how "unwhite" it is until you put it next to pure or some other white. lol

ozzmonaut · Apr 19, 2012

I picked up a lot of Duplicolor paint at the Ollies here in my town. I bought a ton of glossy and flat black, some midnight and light blue, several shades of red, and a ton of different whites. They had wimbledon, ivory, and olympic whites. I bought about ten cans of clear(should've gotten more) Also got some small touch up cans for .50 each. They had some nice bronze in this size and a few other colors. Went back the other day to get more black but white was all they had as well. These cans are the larger cans too. 99 cents for 11oz cans, whereas the auto parts stores are now carrying the 8oz cans for a dollar more than they used to sell the 11 oz cans for. I'm considering basing the colors of my next few builds on whatever colors I already have. 8oz cans here are almost $7 a can. If I can spend a buck a can and get an extra 3 ounces, why not.