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RE: BRG Mix Formula

To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>, "'Tony Rhodes'" <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: BRG Mix Formula
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:26:35 -0000
he's talking out of his pocket, conifer was a popular colour for 2000's as
well.

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> From:         Tony Rhodes[SMTP:ARhodes@compuserve.com]
> Reply To:     Tony Rhodes
> Sent:         Tuesday, March 23, 1999 6:09 PM
> To:   INTERNET:JIM_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com; Triumph List
> Subject:      RE: BRG Mix Formula
> 
> 
> Message text written by INTERNET:JIM_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
> >He told me this colour was only used on 64 & 65 TR4as. 
> 
> I had thought that Conifer was used for many years, but maybe they used
> the same paint NUMBER with a different paint MIX attached to the number.
> It seems that GM does this a lot!  
> Same code, different year = COMPLETELY different paint.
> 
> >It would be nice to be able to see this one and yours compared; I suppose
> 
> >either one would be fine but in my case my interior is red, so I have to
> be 
> >careful. I know that at first the combination sounds awful but it grows
> on you 
> >- the slight amount of blue in the conifer makes it OK.
> 
> The faint blue cast to the confier is what makes it for me.  I can see
> that
> the green plus a deep red would be really nice.
> 
> >BTW, I don't see any blue in your formula. It must be the black that does
> it.
> 
> The blue gets in it via the "830J Fast Green" which will at least have
> blue
> and yellow in it.  I guess they start with a base color that is closest to
> the
> color then tint from there.  Most of that formula is the "B/C Balancer"
> don't
> know what color that is....
> 
> >I know nothing about painting a car, except that a roller must be better
> than a 
> >brush. Do you know whether the two-pack is the current technology that
> all 
> >sensible people are using? I've heard of urethane which sounds like it's 
> >probably a good idea, as it sounds as though it ends up quite hard, and I
> guess 
> >they aren't using the old-style paints anymore due to
> environmental/health 
> >concerns.
> 
> I have painted enamel in my garage years ago and got sufficient results.
> This
> base/clear 2-pack paint is AFAIK the cutting edge of paint technology.  It
> gives a deep luster to the color and small scratches are easily treated.
> Because of the nasty vapors given off due to the catalyzed chemical
> reaction, you will die without the proper equipment.  To get a nice job,
> leave
> it to the pros.  You can have the Dupont 2-pack mix translated into their
> Centauri
> enamel paints and then do it yourself without cyanide poisoning.  But I
> figure
> that the paint job is the one place where a professional job will be
> immediately
> obvious to the layman just looking at the car.
> 
> BTW, I have some extra painted sheetmetal that I could snip into pieces
> and
> mail you a sample.  Maybe you have some of your paint you could dab on
> something for me!  Give me your address.
> 
> -Tony
> 

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