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Old 12-19-2018, 06:42 PM
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I?ve used the Ford tractor industrial gray from Tractor Supply and it?s pretty good paint for rattle can, but the color isn?t very close to the powder coat I got from Vans.
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Old 12-20-2018, 10:06 AM
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I discovered some surface rusting going on in patches underneath the white (ok, "gray") powder-coat on my gear legs, which surprised me since they've been in careful storage for years and only now got assembled to the airframe. I sanded it off and recoated with a white epoxy rattle-can enamel from True Value hardware. Surprisingly close match. I don't recall the brand but it was nothing exotic.
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Old 12-20-2018, 09:44 PM
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Thanks. You saved me a call. Any wisdom in fixing minor powdercoat scratches by lightly scuffing and then giving it a spray of white Rustoleum rattlecan paint? For deep gouges that?s probably not going to protect well, but for light scratches?
That's exactly what I did. Rustoleum Gloss White is a pretty close match...works well!
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Old 12-21-2018, 10:12 AM
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Been there done that did the research. This is the exact paint formula Van's uses for powder coating.

https://www.lvppaints.com/

PFW510S9-P3 PFW510S9 Dupont Touch Up Paint - Sky White - 2 Oz Bottle

Comes with small brush applicator. Nice prices too. I think I paid like $9 bucks.
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Old 12-21-2018, 11:06 AM
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Been there done that did the research. This is the exact paint formula Van's uses for powder coating.

https://www.lvppaints.com/

PFW510S9-P3 PFW510S9 Dupont Touch Up Paint - Sky White - 2 Oz Bottle

Comes with small brush applicator. Nice prices too. I think I paid like $9 bucks.
Thanks for the link to a neat site...

https://www.lvppaints.com/Federal-St...n-_p_6657.html

They can mix acrylic lacquer 4 oz aerosol cans of any Federal Standard color for $10.

This should be good for the RV guys considering military paint schemes who want to see color samples over larger areas than that on a couple of square inches of paint chip card. Once you have a Federal Standard color number any paint shop can make it by the gallon for you.
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Old 12-21-2018, 01:35 PM
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Been there done that did the research. This is the exact paint formula Van's uses for powder coating.

https://www.lvppaints.com/

PFW510S9-P3 PFW510S9 Dupont Touch Up Paint - Sky White - 2 Oz Bottle

Comes with small brush applicator. Nice prices too. I think I paid like $9 bucks.
I thought the Van's powdercoat was RAL 7035, which LV Paints has (under "RAL"), and it's called "Light Grey".
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Old 12-21-2018, 03:27 PM
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I thought the Van's powdercoat was RAL 7035, which LV Paints has (under "RAL"), and it's called "Light Grey".
This is what Vans pubishes...

POWDER COATED PARTS: Older gray parts are Cardinal brand, color GR-230.More recent white parts are Cardinal brand, color T009-WH111 90% gloss. An equivalent Sherwin Williams code is PWS9-40002. A Dupli-Color applicator is also available from some auto parts stores: part code NG CC 362.

https://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/paint_brands.pdf

EDIT to fit in with the posted quote...

GR230 is the same as RAL 7035

http://www.cardinalpaint.com/assets/...0-T009-TDS.pdf

MORE

The new stuff in now called "white" by Cardinal and does not seem to have a RAL number -

http://www.cardinalpaint.com/assets/...1-T009-TDS.pdf

Looks like Vans may have slipped an extra "1" into the part number though.
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Old 12-21-2018, 04:07 PM
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I thought the Van's powdercoat was RAL 7035, which LV Paints has (under "RAL"), and it's called "Light Grey".
Definitely not a light gray. At least in my kit from 2017-2018. I got my information from Vans too(seems that have changed it up a few times) the color code I mentioned matches my powder coat parts exactly.
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Old 12-21-2018, 04:55 PM
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Default NOT grey

Mine is definitely not grey...not even a little bit...
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Old 12-21-2018, 05:04 PM
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Flyboy sells the spray paint. Cardinal Gray RAL 7035 GR230
I wish I knew why it's called gray. I've touched up lots of spots. It's an exact match for Vans white powder coat.
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