i remember my dad had a VW bug painted with some bright )&(* yellow Imron that paint looked good for ever.. no chips no fade...

 

The toughness & fade resistance of it is incredible. I hear the industrial version is used on outdoor machinery, bridges, etc for longer protection from the elements. It's suppose to be lower gloss and more pigment.

We had automotive grade mixed in John Deere construction yellow. It came out with more gloss than construction yellow normally has, but that color just tends to hide it. Probably why there are no very shiny yellow school buses.
This is a good contrast between that yellow old & faded. And how it looks in urethanes added gloss during overhaul. The part lying on the ground in the lower left is the original JD yellow enamel unfaded. That was used to match the color in urethane enamel. This paint is PPG's version of Imron sprayed over an epoxy primer. We used it on this tractor with tracks for fade and max wear resistance.

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Check out the reflection in the Mach 1's driver side door. Due to this paints gloss, you can actually see a mirror image of a yellow car. The gloss also adds a very high chip and fade resistant quality to this paint. The gun barrel coating posted earlier, holding up inside the barrel is amazing! Much different conditions than a paint usually encounters!

For comparison: the yellow car in the reflection was painted in a flat or no gloss yellow enamel. That particular yellow is slightly duller than the yellow on a ripe banana. Parked outside in the sun everyday, it will fade much quicker even if it's waxed than an unwaxed Imron or urethane enamel paint.

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