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 paintingA 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 PaintHere 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]