PPG Automotive Refinish recently introduced Ditzler® Big Flake™ to its Vibrance Collection® brand of custom colors and special effect finishes.

 

Ditzler Big Flake consists of six large metallic flakes that produce a unique ¡°retro¡± look when added to a basecoat or clearcoat finish. The new Ditzler Big Flake line is available in silver and gold as well as four color-shifting options including green to purple, blue to red, red to gold and gold to silver.

 

Ditzler Big Flake can be added directly to the basecoat or used as a ground coat for PPG¡¯s Radiance® II mid-coats to create an exceptional retro special effect finish. It can also be added to color blenders or Radiance II to create a mid-coat/pearl-coat effect.

 

Randy Cremeans, manager, collision segments, North America for PPG Automotive Refinish, says Ditzler is named after the Ditzler Color Company, which was founded in 1902 and purchased by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in 1928.

 

¡°Known as PPG today, the company marketed Automotive Refinish products under the Ditzler name until 1986,¡± Cremeans says. ¡°Many of our custom finishers used Ditzler products over the years and are very nostalgic about the Ditzler name. We felt Ditzler Big Flake was an appropriate name for this ¡®retro-looking¡¯ product.¡±

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