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Painting Aluminium on Land Rovers

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 1994 17:21:15 EST
From: CXKS46A AT prodigy.com (MR ALEXANDER P GRICE)
Subject: Aluminum painting

Several people have asked questions about painting Birmabright as of late, so I thought I'd pass along a few part numbers and whatnot. Most all of the part numbers are DuPont; any DuPont paint jobber should be able to mix up Rover colors in single quart cans. (If anyone has any other #'s, pass them along.)

   Bronze green    38500
   Mid grey        38501
   Sand            38502
   Marine blue     38503
   Pastel green    38504
   Limestone       38505
   Poppy red       38506
   Burnt grey      38508
   Davos white     38514
   Mexican brown   38519
   Cameron green   38520
   Almond yellow   38521

For DuLux alkyd enamel, append a `D' to the paint color number. Add an `L' of laquer, or `A' for Centari acrylic enamel. Other part numbers:

   Dulux hardener                  77s
   Aluminum cleaner                225s
   Aluminum conversion coating     226s
   `Variprime' two-part primer     615s
   Engine enamel
   `Detroit Diesel Alpine Green'   #225 (made by Tempo)

Automotive paints are quite sensitive to temperatures: use the following thinners/retarders. If you must paint at higher temps, add an anti-wrinkle agent:

DuLux Thinner   Temp Range      Centari Thinner Temp Range
   #8508        below 65 F           #8034       below 70 F
   #3812        65-75 F              #8022       70-85 F
   #3864        70-80 F              #8093       above 85 F
   #8522        above 80 F

The DuLux cannot be clear-coated, though the Centari can be protected in this fashion. DuLux can be mixed for brush application (like for roofs) rather than spray applicatio, though. DuPont `Corlar' two-part epoxy is another primer alternative. As it is intended for aircraft, it is only available in gallon cans, and in grey. Better living through chemistry...


From: William.Grouell AT Eng.Sun.COM (William L. Grouell)
Subject: Re: Aluminum painting
A few more scraps of information, and it seems to coorrelate;
                      Dupont Centari       Ditzler       Glasurit

   Limestone             38505A             46251
   Marine Blue           38503A             16514         ROV504
   Poppy Red             38506AH                          ROV303
   Light (Pastel) Green  38504A                           ROV605
   Sand                               ACF/004 or 26291
   Bronze Green          38500A             46451         LEY637
   Arctic White

I don't know why my numbers have `A' suffix.


From: Peter Hirsch[10/'96]
Subject: Re: Herberts Paint
Here are some paint codes from Herberts for Series I's:
                  Herberts        ICI
   Bronze Green   0428         P030 2651
   Ivory          0416
   RAF Blue       37262
   Dove Grey      37263

Hope you can get these in the States. The tropical roofs on SI Station Wagons were all Ivory, the SII changed to Limestone. If you need any SI details, email me directly, I just worked through the James Taylor book and have them all listed. As I said not so long ago, take a panel with the original paint along and compare them in daylight. Do not trust codes, or people who mix colours from them.


From: Alan Logue [3/1998]
Subject: Army Paint (AU)
   Product Code         Desc'
   516-31087            Gloss Olive Drab
   516-31256            Semi Gloss Olive Drab
   516-31088            Lusterless Olive Drab

The paint is made by Wattyl; I ordered some about 3 years ago from their store at Morphett Vale and although I had to wait for another batch to be made, it only took about 4 weeks.


[The Camel Trophy Yellow] is "Sandglow": Dup 44565 or PPG 24300.
- Joseph Broach [9/1998]