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JDGMC

03-04-2006 08:45:09




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I'm about ready to start painting some portions of my JD730 as I start assembling it. I stopped by my local jobber and got a sample of Dupont Nason urethane. He looked up the antique JD mixing info from a book that's at least 40 years old. I used his computer to find FIT's homepage to get his color codes. I can't really remember fure sure but I think they both correlated. When I got home I sprayed a test spot with a JD antique green rattle can and then brushed on a sample from the Nason. They don't even come close to matching. The rattle can if far lighter. My question....are the rattle cans accurate on color or did my guy just mix my sample incorrectly. I may have to search out some other restored tractors to check but that's not an easy proposition at this time of the year. Any advice?
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JDGMC

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CNKS

03-04-2006 17:25:51




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 Re: paint color matching in reply to JDGMC, 03-04-2006 08:45:09  
I agree with B-maniac. The mixed paint is probably more accurate than the rattle can. I don't necessarily agree that an old spot on the tractor can be used to get an accurate match, as it is likely to be faded. DuPont does have a color matching system. I believe that your best bet is to buy a quart of the correct green from your JD dealer, spray a small area on something and let it set a couple of days. Then go to your Dupont dealer and get a pint of the Nason urethane. Spray it and compare. If it is not close enough, you can try DuPonts color matching system to the JD paint --I had lousy luck doing the same thing with PPG's system. The best thing you can do may be to have the dealer juggle the toners. You will have to actually see them, along with the sheet that tells how much of each one to use. You will likely be interchanging dark and light greens, or whatever it takes to get that color. Best in my opinion to cut, say 20 grams of one and add 20 grams of the other (amounts depend on how close or far from correct the color is) Do equal amounts to keep the volume correct. Or you may luck out and find the Nason color right the first time. It is nearly impossible to get an exact match of paint from different manufacturers, as the other manufactures do not always get the tractor manufacturers code for the paint. It is nothing more than what someone thinks it should be. But, there can be an error in mixing. There should not be as the scales they use are very accurate. The dealers must keep the toners properly mixed each time they are used or the results will be similar to not stirring a can of paint that has not been used for a while.

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B-maniac

03-04-2006 12:10:36




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 Re: paint color matching in reply to JDGMC, 03-04-2006 08:45:09  
There is usually somewhere on the tractor that has some original paint still in pretty good condition to make your comparisons. Hope you preserved one of these spots just for this reason.The rattle can is probably not even close.Solid color paint also darkens as it dries so keep this in mind when comparing wet to dry samples.I would say what they mixed you is more than likely correct.



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B-maniac

03-04-2006 12:06:49




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 Re: paint color matching in reply to JDGMC, 03-04-2006 08:45:09  
There is usually somewhere on the tractor that has some original paint still in pretty good condition to make your comparisons. Hope you preserved one of these spots just for this reason.The rattle can is probably not even close.Solid color paint also darkens as it dries so keep this in mind when comparing wet to dry samples.I would say what they mixed you is more than likely correct.



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