Need help finiding specialty auto paints for phasers, props

[CaptainHawk1]

Here's the deal: I've got resin phasers, tricorders, PADD's etc. and I want to paint them accurately. The problem is finding the paint. The paint color they used on Trek was GM 7173 by Plastikote (Silver Sand Metallic). The GM code for this is 15. Now, I've gone to auto supply stores, they don't have it and can't get it because it can't be shipped because it's too dangerous (because it's in a spray can) and UPS doesn't have haz. mat. license. The question I had was then how do they get all of the other paint in their store and I was told that it's different because it comes in on their shipment trucks and not a common carreir that a special order comes from.

So, what do I do? No one carries this stuff and I can't Special Order it.

-Shawn

[SpaceDuck]

Here's the deal: I've got resin phasers, tricorders, PADD's etc. and I want to paint them accurately. The problem is finding the paint. The paint color they used on Trek was GM 7173 by Plastikote (Silver Sand Metallic). The GM code for this is 15. Now, I've gone to auto supply stores, they don't have it and can't get it because it can't be shipped because it's too dangerous (because it's in a spray can) and UPS doesn't have haz. mat. license. The question I had was then how do they get all of the other paint in their store and I was told that it's different because it comes in on their shipment trucks and not a common carreir that a special order comes from.

So, what do I do? No one carries this stuff and I can't Special Order it.

-Shawn

What the auto parts store failed to mention was that you should be directed to an auto paint/body shop suply store!
IF anyone can translate that "silver sand mettalic" from just a GM color into a specific color name for a year of model* they'll be a formula in a book which can be utilized by any well equipped paint "jobber" into a supply for you to carry home. You can also ask to look at the "classic car chips" for GM for a range of years and then eyeball that color and again, it can be mixed.

After over thirty years of painting cars I find the answer you were given to be completely laughable in that the auto parts store would presume to think they were your only option? BTW- auto painters don't shop for supllies at auto parts stores.

Thanks Shawn for that chuckle!

*names sometimes existed in various model years and didn't always equate to the same color. Names also varied among the divisions within GM but the color was the same, again varying by year.

[Floyd Walker]

I agree with SpaceDuck.
A simple search in your local Yellow Pages should net you a couple quickly.
OR- Check your local GM dealer parts department