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Olive green paint code

#1 Post by LC Cnd » Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:25 am

Has anyone cracked the code for the drab green used on RD's? I've been thru several colour swatches, spectrographed it, but the paint resulted in the wrong hue. Tried to sample the signal stems and the area was too small to analyze. Let me know - thx
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Re: Olive green paint code

#2 Post by JonW » Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:02 pm

RAL6006 if you can find it locally, Ive not been able to here :/
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Re: Olive green paint code

#3 Post by RuZty » Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:35 am

This is olive green zinc plating isn't it? Same as used on Amphenol connectors.
Maybe this is what you need, https://www.caswellplating.com/electrop ... 2-gal.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Olive green paint code

#4 Post by kpke » Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:12 am

tacky1 might be able to help here. He sent his stuff off to UK? I think for plating.

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Re: Olive green paint code

#5 Post by LC Cnd » Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:41 am

Zinc coated is correct but I found a paint swatch that is almost exact but suspect someone has been successful at this.
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Re: Olive green paint code

#6 Post by tacky1 » Wed Apr 27, 2016 11:46 am

I got mine done with Nigel, Top class job, Exact match to the original

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Re: Olive green paint code

#7 Post by LC Cnd » Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:20 am

What did it cost (ball park #'s fine) to get all those bits done. Looks like you about cover off all of them minus the kick start stem.

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Re: Olive green paint code

#8 Post by LC Cnd » Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:27 am

Been 4 mths since asking; so I'll ask again. Is there a spray bomb that will match the olive green noted on the above noted parts? I'm sure Colorite probably does but they at $100 a can.

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Re: Olive green paint code

#9 Post by LC Cnd » Thu Nov 03, 2016 12:19 am

Was able to formulate the right Sray max acrylic paint to match the drab green zinc (spectrographed) to the foreground signal stem photo at the beginning of this thread. Just have to add a satin clear coat. Cost $31 to do all the bits that will be done over the winter.
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Re: Olive green paint code

#10 Post by JonW » Thu Nov 03, 2016 2:08 am

cool.
80 XT500 Supermoto!
81 RD350LC Resto
82 RD421LC Hybrid
82 RD350LC decapitation project
82 RD250LC JDM '251LC' YPVS
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