Sources for correct Ordnance Green Paint?

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Re: Sources for correct Ordnance Green Paint?

Thank you again to all (on and off list) who provided information!

John Novicki

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Re: Sources for correct Ordnance Green Paint?

John,

I have been told that pittsburgh paint has color called dock piling #7631 that is a good representation.
Personally, I can not vouch for it, and do not recall who gave me this information. But, it might be worth picking up a color chip to compare to an original piece.

Jay Johnson

Hi,

I don't have a Pittsburg Paint store by my house so on a lark, I asked the guy at the local home center's paint counter if they were able to 'cross reference' colors (I knew that they could scan a sample, but I had no sample).

I told him 'dock piling #7631', and it came right up on his list! It gets even better: this particular store carries Olympic paint which is actually made by (can you guess it?) - Pittsburg paint.

So if you don't have a Pittsburg dealer near by, look for Olympic.

Roger M. Nichols
rnichol7@hotmail.com

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Dear Friends,

Having started this thread, I am remiss in not following up on it. I decided the way to go was to make the paint using the Ordnance Department formula supplied by helpful members of the forum.. It was a royal pain in the --- but was a great learning experience (whom amoung us has ever needed to make paint?) and produced a material that I am very satisfied with.

The yellow ochre was especially "fun" to grind. When I tried the composition as the yellow ochre came from the masonry supplier, the paint came out too grainy. Starting over, I spent hours grinding the stuff (ochre) so that it went from a grit to a powder. I later found that you can get ochre from art supply houses in a much finer size but costs almost an order of magnitude more . . .

Once properly prepared, the paint went on well but required three coats for good coverage. It took longer to dry than I might have wished. More drying agents would have helped but I was uncertain about doing that given the amount of work (grinding, grinding, grinding) to prepare the large batch of material.

If anyone is interested, I will paint a few pieces of wood with the stuff and you can get it matched at your local paint supply house. I will bring them along to events. If you see the ambulance, just ask.