Buick 1970 Touch Up Paint

1970 Buick Touch Up Paint (23 OEM Colors)

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Paint Pen

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Paint Bottle

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottle. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the included basecoat delivers a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Spray Can

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using ourcustomized color Spray Can. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun.

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For small chips & scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Pens

Repair tiny chips and scratches with precision. Perfect for small nicks from rocks or door dings, the fine tip applicator makes it easy for beginners to achieve a clean, factory-quality finish. Each order includes a basecoat and a midcoat pen.

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For Medium-sized Chips & Scratches

Customized Color Tricoat Paint Bottles

Tackle medium-sized scratches and chips with our Customized Color Paint Bottles. The built-in applicator brush provides smooth, controlled coverage, while the basecoat & midcoat deliver a perfect factory match in your custom paint color.

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For larger areas & panel resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Spray Cans

Cover larger areas with a smooth, professional finish using our customized color basecoat & midcoat Spray Cans. Designed for hoods, fenders, and larger scratches, this product provides consistent spray coverage and factory-matched color accuracy.

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For large repairs & total resprays

Customized Color Tricoat Professional Size Paint

When your repair job calls for more than a touch-up, step up to our professional-size automotive paints. Available in Pint, Quart, or Gallon sizes, these paints are ready-to-spray using an airless spray gun. Each order includes a basecoat & a midcoat paint.

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Where to find Buick color code

Find Your 1970 Buick Paint Code

Buick used many different locations over the years, so the paint color plate can be hard to find. GM did not standardize the location. Commonly cited spots are the glove box or the spare tire well; otherwise it may be anywhere. The code format typically looks like 51/WA316N, usually preceded by BC/CC (BC/CC 51 or BC/CC 316N), and two-tone entries may show U or L (BC/CC U316N or BC/CC L316N).

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1970 Buick Background Info

The 1970 Buick Vibe

By 1970, Buick was having a bit of a personality crisis-and we all loved it. On one side of the showroom, you had the Riviera and the Electra 225, cars so long they needed their own zip codes. On the other, you had the GSX, a muscle-bound street brawler that proved Buick could stop being "the doctor's car" and start eating tires for breakfast. With a massive database of 23 colors, the palette was an absolute riot of the era's best. We're talking about high-impact hitters like Yellow (you might know it as Saturn Yellow) and Glacier White, alongside a forest of earth tones like Medium Green Metallic and Sandalwood. If you couldn't find a shade to match your sideburns in 1970, you weren't looking hard enough.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Single Stage Era, where the paint had soul, but it also had a death wish. Back then, we were shooting heavy acrylic lacquer. It was thick, it was glossy, and it was honest-meaning there's no clear coat "shield" protecting your pigment from the elements. If your Buick has been sitting in the sun, that deep Stratomist Blue Iridescent or Maroon Metallic has likely turned into a chalky, hazy mess. This is Oxidation at its finest. When you rub your hand across the hood and it comes away looking like you just fought a chalkboard, that's your paint literally starving to death and turning to dust.

Restoration Tip

The golden rule for 1970 iron is simple: It needs wax or it dies. Single stage paint is "porous"-it's a living thing that needs to be fed with oils. If you're dealing with a faded Dark Gold Metallic survivor, don't just reach for a heavy-duty compound and start grinding away. You'll burn through that 50-year-old lacquer before you can say "Stage 1." Start with a high-quality polish to pull the dead oxidation off, and then bury it in a heavy carnauba wax. That wax isn't just for shine; it's a life-support system that seals the pores and keeps the pigment from turning back into powder. Treat it right, and that lacquer will have a depth of color that modern factory "plastic" clear coats can only dream of.

Buick Models Released in 1970

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