Ok fellas this is where I'm at....So I did red formula for the pint . I added a quarter of the premixed toner at a time to work with it and keep track of it. went to a dope store, cause in Anchorage you can't seem to throw a rock without hitting one.. , to buy a scale that went down to 1/10 grams for measuring. Worked my way up to full strength formula... Also I did use 593.7 grams of the extra SPI white that I had left to mix it.. That turned out to be about 16oz of base. So a pint.. Color is brighter, almost a redish, brown hue. Like the old Cameo white which I really am not into.. I like the blue/gray/black hue of the Olympic white which is why I painted my Trans Am that color and not the stock white. That car is beautiful...
So I took some pics of the work, FINALLY!! had a sunny day today. Been overcast and raining for weeks.. First pic the left stick is the original DBC Olympic white that I have been trying to achieve or close to.. Second stick is the original greenish formula that we discussed out of the SPI base... The upper corner of the first stick is the SPI with the red formula.. Second pic just a close up.. Third pic is the DBC stick in the first pic up next to the mirror of my truck in the original Olympic.. Fourth pic is my T/A just for fun. The DBC on the stick is what's left of what I painted it 10 years ago.. So the red is a little bright , I am not sure about it. I was hoping for an easy formula that I could replicate to use for the future and not customize it so much.. Been to the jobber this week a few times getting some tints and they are starting to get a little pissy about it for some reason.. So I tried to play with the original greener formula in some SPI white base .. Started small to work my way up, Seems no matter how I go , that formula just goes green. It doesn't give that blue/gray hue.. So I get red or green with the PPG formula..
KInda up in the air about it.. Live with the red formula so it's consistent or just get some other base... Don't really have the skills or the means for a lot of color matching.. DBC is ONLY $645 for a gallon..
and I need 2.. OMNI plus is $340.. Not regular but the plus. Don't really want to use an inferior product , but am kind of stuck.. I almost thought of shooting the spi base for the first coat and then the plus or the DBC for the final coat to achieve the color I want, however I feel that would be suicide as I'm sure different bases would not be happy together.. So I don't know. For me(others may have a different experience), seems like the PPG formula for DBC in this color doesn't jive with the SPI unless you can play around with it..