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Paint color - Production scheduling

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02 Cummins Guy
For some reason I seem to remember reading that production was batched up according to paint color.

Is that true ? If it is, where would I find out when black is being done ?
If this is not the case, how do they determine production ? Is it based off of order time ?
I did a search here, but came up empty handed... Reason I'm wondering is I'm thinking of ordering a 14 3500 CC, and want black again.

I like the mineral gray on my 13, and like the darker gray on the 14's too, but I have had black rigs for years, and really miss it.
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frobozz
The fleet colors are batched up for sure, I don't see why they'd have to do that for the normal colors.

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02 Cummins Guy
That's what I was thinking. If that was the case, it would be a fiasco ordering a new truck.
Makes sense for the fleet colors though I guess. But then again, as far as I know, all the painting is robotic and computerized, so it shouldn't be a big deal, even for the fleet colors.
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Ram3500Dually
It IS a big deal because the paint is mixed in 40 gallon drums in the paint room. Can't let paint sit in the vats weeks at a time without being used. That is the reason Fleet colors are done in blocks.
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Ram3500Dually said:
It IS a big deal because the paint is mixed in 40 gallon drums in the paint room. Can't let paint sit in the vats weeks at a time without being used. That is the reason Fleet colors are done in blocks.
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I assumed the paint, reducer and hardener were all mixed through the system, not premixed.
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Ram3500Dually
There is no hardener, this is oven bake. The paint is mixed in the paint room in vats then lined to the booths so every gun and robot in the booth is spraying the SAME color from the SAME mix. It would be a nightmare if every gun and robot in the booth was spraying from a different mix.
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02 Cummins Guy
Ram3500Dually said:
There is no hardener, this is oven bake. The paint is mixed in the paint room in vats then lined to the booths so every gun and robot in the booth is spraying the SAME color from the SAME mix. It would be a nightmare if every gun and robot in the booth was spraying from a different mix.
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Thanks. Learn something new every day...

It makes sense. It doesn't take very much variation to have a big difference in color.
Using a paint with hardener, makes the pot time very short, so that wouldn't work well.
I am use to painting on a small scale. Not painting a gazillion rigs every day :D
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Ram3500Dually
Back in the late 70's and 80's when Chrysler was going up and down everytime I got laid off from Transportation I'd get bumped into the paint shop since I knew how to paint. Nothing like painting half of under the hood, side door jams and door insides and inside the tailgate of the mini vans 440 times a shift...
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