1962 Citroen Touch Up Paint (1 OEM Colors)

The 1962 Citroen Vibe

Picture 1962: Charles de Gaulle is surviving assassination attempts, and the Citroen DS-19 is floating over French cobblestones like a spaceship that got lost on its way to the moon. Whether it's the legendary DS or the humble "Tin Snail" 2CV, these cars weren't just transport-they were rolling sculpture. In an era of chrome-heavy American land yachts, Citroen was playing a different game of understated sophistication. We've focused our database on the true survivors of this era, specifically the iconic Grecian Gray. It's a shade that captured that specific mid-century European "cool"-muted, intellectual, and perfectly suited to those avant-garde body lines.

Paint Health Check

We are firmly in the Single Stage Era here. In 1962, your Citroen left the factory with a thick, solvent-heavy skin of lacquer or enamel-none of that modern "color-plus-clear" sandwich. This paint has soul, but it's high-maintenance. The biggest threat to a '62 finish is Oxidation. If the car has been sitting, that Grecian Gray likely looks more like a dusty chalkboard than a gloss finish. Because there's no clear coat to protect the pigment, the sun literally "cooks" the top layer of the paint, turning it into a fine, chalky powder. If you rub your finger across the hood and it comes back gray, your paint is literally shedding its skin.

Restoration Tip

Since you're dealing with a single-stage finish, remember the Salty Painter's golden rule: It needs wax or it dies. Modern clear coats act like a permanent plastic wrap, but 1960s paint is "open." You need to seal those pores. When you're touching up a chip, you're adding new material to an old, thirsty surface. Once your repair is level and cured, you must keep the entire panel under a heavy coat of high-quality carnauba wax. This isn't just for the shine; it's a chemical barrier to stop the oxygen from turning your fresh repair back into a matte mess. Treat it like fine leather-keep it fed, keep it sealed, and never, ever go near it with a high-speed rotary buffer unless you want to see bare metal in thirty seconds.