With all the white, black, silver and gray cars on the road today, I just
can't bring myself to paint ANY of may cars OEW. No matter how "perfect"
the shade, it will just look like another of today's colorless cars. My
Austin A35 was "Country Cream" (Austin's OEW) according to the Heritage
certificate. I still couldn't bring myself to paint it that "color" and
opted for a nice grayish blue. Nice to know that if I ever give up the
crusade against colorless cars, Rustoleum will be there for me. The new
Morris pickup in the family is goint to be leaf green with beige interior.
Purists can debate if the interior is beige, white, off-white, eggshell,
ecru, OEW, Country Cream, or Wimbledon white.
Glen
> Just for fun, Dean and I exchanged paint chip samples so we could
> each do a side by side comparison. Here's what I noticed. First,
> remember that when I compare color chips, Dean's paint is enamel with
> the "shine built in" and my Wimbledon White has no shine by itself. I
> prepared one half of my sample by using a clear coat from a rattle
> can - a Duplicolor product. Not using the RM clear coat stuff screws
> up this comparison, I know, but the RM clear coat stuff is that 2
> part product with a short shelf life. I didn't have any clear available.
>
> The verdict. . . they are very, very close. I'm not sure that in a
> gathering of Spridgets that were painted OEW, Wimbledon White,
> Antique White and some of the other possibilities that anyone would
> get 100% on a quiz to correctly identify the various paints. Mine WW
> would probably show up as being too shiny but I believe the shine in
> the clear coat can be toned down had I chosen to request that. Maybe
> the Restoleum is to shiny too, but I'm talking color here - not
> shine. I do know that there is a SIGNIFICANT difference between the
> cost of the paints.
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