Listers,
I went to my local CarQuest/Checker/Big A/etc.etc. store and they were able
to not only match the paint, but send the specs to an outfit in Salt Lake
City that then put it in aerosol cans for me! Quite a deal. I think it was
$6 per can, but much easier for me to use than brushing.
Walt Goddard
waltcpa@sierra.net
77B
-----Original Message-----
From: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
To: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>; Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>; Neil
Cotty <neilc@tradesrv.com.au>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 1999 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: Primer
>At 08:48 AM 1/26/99 -0700, Larry Hoy wrote:
>>.... Once I think Barney mentioned having his local paint shop match the
>MG maroon. He paid considerably less.
>
>Uh, yup. Years ago I took a timing cover freshly sprayed with Moss Maroon
>engine paint to a local auto paint supply store. They matched the color
>and mixed up a pint of acrylic enamel for $16 including the color match
>service. I use a small touch-up sprayer to paint the engine. That and a
>can of enamel reducer was enough to paint several engines, some of them
>several times over. It must be the equivalent of at least a dozen spray
>cans, maybe more. Last year the pint can finally ran empty, and I had it
>refilled for $20. Sorry, no mixing code.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>
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