I need an example of SPI Grey epoxy

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Evil_Fiz

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TL;DR
I can't find an example online of a car painted in SPI Grey epoxy. Can someone post a well-lit picture of a car or large part painted in such?

Background
I am restoring a 1970 VW Karman Ghia. It is a body-on-pan design for those that are unfamiliar. Think VW Beetle with a dress.
I know the traditional colors for the underside and non-visible parts are Balck or Red Oxide but I need to deviate from the norm. I am both night blind and visually impaired. For this reason, I would like to paint the inside, wheel wells, and pan in a light grey. This will make it easier for me to see what I am doing whenever I need to work on the car. I would like to epoxy the entire car in one color and not have to worry about the aforementioned parts once they have been painted. I can't find any examples/pictures of the SPI Grey epoxy so I'm asking if anyone can post pictures in order to get an idea if it will be light enough. My alternative plans would be to either custom mix Black and White epoxy to get a shade I can live with or epoxy and SS the non-exterior parts in the same light blue metallic as the BC/CC for the exterior (if possible/available). My concern with the SS is durability on the underside and wheel wells.

Thanks,
Emil
 
I wouldn't call the gray epoxy light, more medium. Mixing the black and white would take 6-8 times more white than black to make a light gray. Order a quart of gray and look at it. If it is too dark, order some white and mix the two together to get the shade you want. Any epoxy you order won't go to waste. Like the hot sauce commercial, I put that sh*t on everything!
 
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I just mix black and white epoxy to get the shade of gray I like.
Cab Back left in epoxy.JPG


It really isn't difficult to do. Just start with say 10 ounces of white epoxy and then add 1 ounce of black and mix thoroughly. You can adjust this accordingly so when you get to the color you want, write down the mix ratio.

Here's pure white epoxy:
White Epoxy Primer 1.JPG
 
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texasking said:
...Mixing the black and white would take 6-8 times more white than black to make a light gray. Order a quart of gray and look at it. If it is too dark, order some white and mix the two together to get the shade you want.
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I had read that here about the Black and White ratio. I should have thought of mixing Grey and White. Thanks for the tip. I will do as you suggest.


Thanks for the Picture. It looks like the stock Grey epoxy is light enough for me to work with. If it's not, I can add white as suggested above.
 
The problem is with pictures like the spi red post. They all look different, close but off to a point.
 
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