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Hi, No, you didn't do a bad thing. The fact that you haven't a response is probably due to the fact that no one has come by that knows the answer to your question, at least not yet. I certainly don't know anything about Ford colors. Hopefully someone who does can respond. You might get a better response by posting on the Ford forum where the Ford experts hang out. I am not sure what paint codes you have already looked at. I have a list of tractor colors from PPG posted here. There are several different PPG codes for Ford grays and reds. I have no idea which ones might be correct for your application or even if any of them are available in a polyurethane from PPG - acrylic enamel and acrylic urethane, probably - polyurethane maybe, maybe not. Other paint manufacturer's will have different code numbers. Some cross references between manufacturer's work well but I have also seen some that don't, so you have to be cautious in crossing numbers between manufacturers and different chemistries. If you are insistent on a polyurethane in the exact proper color shade, your best bet is probably to start at a Ford tractor dealer. They are unlikely to have a polyurethane but you might get a synthetic enamel (or whatever they have) in the correct color, do a sprayout sample and have a paint supplier scan it to see if a close color match can be supplied in a polyurethane. Otherwise, you hope to find someone that has traveled your exact same path and successfully found a polyurethane in the correct Ford shade(s) from some manufacturer. That may be difficult since it is likely not a common combination. One other suggestion is to avoid referring to polyurethane as a "poly" paint. I'm not familiar with current slange but years ago "poly" referred to a metallic version of a color; not a paint chemistry. Make sure your intent is clear with your paint supplier. You will probably be in a manufacturer's fleet lineup for a polyurethane as that is generally not used on cars. Imron is DuPont's tradename for their famous polyurethane. PPG's used to be called Durethane but I think the current name is Evolution. I don't know about others.  Rod
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