Ford to dealers: No more black, red paint due to Japan crisis

[Excaliber]

A guy that sells pigments to paint manufacturers? Weird job, but of course someone has to do it.

Now I'm wondering who knows someone that sells coat hangers? Someone has to do that.

[Mark IV]

" No Wire Hangers Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"Yes, mommy..............."

His pigment jobs pays quite nicely, although he does travel a lot. I have gone to England twice on USAIR miles I bought from him. Ran into him at the Philly airport on my back from the UK and did the private club thing. He then got the stew to put me in first class with him as he knows them all and they like his jokes. Pigments allow him to buy Mustangs and Shelbys to play with.....

[slider701]

And the other part of the equation is that it is not just the Ford assembly plant that needs the paint, the tier 1 suppliers that are supplying the body parts need the paint also.

There is a very rigorous process the suppliers have to follow to paint a part (such as a fascia, rocker panel, spoiler, or other trim) and have it match the factory paint (which is all waterborne). The paint has to match under a X-Rite machine for color and flop. As a former body design and release engineer for Ford I can tell you that trying to get the supplier and the plant in agreement was always a challenge (mainly because even if the supplier's part was 100% dead-nuts on to the official color sample the plant was always the true "master")

It is much more complicated than most people comprehend.

[Chaplin]

I should have been a pigment salesman.

[saltshaker]

Originally Posted by Excaliber

A guy that sells pigments to paint manufacturers? Weird job, but of course someone has to do it.

Now I'm wondering who knows someone that sells coat hangers? Someone has to do that.

I'm in the garment ind and know a few people who sell hangers!
Jon

[Rick Parker]

Ernie you looking for a supplier of cut rate welding rod?