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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 20:26:28 GMT -5
I was debating using a pre-mixed lacquer spray on my blue XL-102 Auto, but the three closest colors were not good enough for me to put forth the work without the color being exact. Bahama Blue Metallic was close. Light Blue Metallic was close, and Maui Blue Metallic was very close, but just not perfect. I will be taking the inside starter cover to the auto paint store and they will be custom mixing me a pint of acrylic lacquer auto paint which will get a two part epoxy clear top coat. There is no reason to buy a paint that is not exact when for not a lot more you can get the exact color. I know this is not the same color as the old Zip blue, or the XL-12 lighter blue, but it may be the same as the early EZ auto, XL-101, XL-700, XL-901, and the 1968-1972 Super XL Auto. I'll post the formula on the site. I'm hoping that I can get a small good piece of the canyon green to have matched so I can put that formula up here too
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Post by ettrick on May 17, 2018 20:50:03 GMT -5
Its nice when information like this gets shared. I have not painted any yet, but who knows when i might try. Dan
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Post by sawnami on May 17, 2018 22:15:16 GMT -5
I left my 990D with our body shop's paint supplier and they did an exact match from scratch for the green and red for that series. They get a kick out of researching odd ball paint requests.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2018 22:41:09 GMT -5
I left my 990D with our body shop's paint supplier and they did an exact match from scratch for the green and red for that series. They get a kick out of researching odd ball paint requests. I've had to do this with some of my old garden tractors. The records for older Bolens paint colors were burned in the parking lot when the company was purchased by MTD, the employees were not happy. On the garden tractor forums people post what they found as close and almost, but "good enough for the girls I go with" isn't good enough for me on a restoration. On the newer red saws it's much easier and as user saws less concerning, but the older collectibles the paint colors should be as close to exact as possible or it devalues the restoration work. Imagine someone being off on Chevy orange, Ford Toro red, or Plymouth B5 blue
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 23:06:28 GMT -5
I had them mix the paint. I'm going to shoot some lacquer primer filler on the saw and clean it again then try a coat, the color is very close, but I may have them tweak it a bit more. 20180518_204039 by Al Michaels, on Flickr
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Post by undee70ss on May 18, 2018 23:58:01 GMT -5
Its nice when information like this gets shared. I have not painted any yet, but who knows when i might try. Dan X2. I haven't painted either but hope to start someday.
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