The two little pots that came with my lathe had the RAL codes written on them. If I had made a note of those, getting a suitable paint(two-pack car paint for preference) would be quick, easy and cheap.

I took the small swinging spindle cover off my WM250 and went to B&Q and got them to colour match some gloss paint. Worked a treat, think it was Dulux.

John

If it's the same shade they used a few years ago the RAL number is 6011 and it's called Reseda green , the same colour was used on quite a few makes of machine including Boxford lathes, Condor mills, quite easily available.

I've always used semi gloss for repainting and touching in machinery, seems easier to blend in, gloss seems to stand out too much. The Paragon I bought was a very good match, but obviously there may be slight colour differences between machine batches.

Dave

Edited By Dave Wootton on 05/06/2022 13:26:20

My Warco spare paint cans are unmarked apart from a dab showing the colour on the lid. No clues there.

Small cans too, about half a cupful, and judging by the weight less than half full. So far the paint on the machines has lasted well. No doubt by the time I need it, the spare paint will be well out of date.

Much to be said in favour of being a Slack Alice who doesn't care about paint and polish. I claim 'a tidy workshop is the sign of a sick mind'.

Dave

If you are 'touching up chips' and want to brush it on all you have to do is spray a bit into a tin lid and dip the brush in that. However the OPs problem might be painting the shed to match and the cost of spray cans might be a bit high. Mmmm matching green shed and machinery inside and out might be interesting

When I was selling to the auto refinishing trade, many years ago we were asked to supply touch ups to a major car distributor where they were not available in this country. We won the order on the basis that we split a litre of paint between 5, not 4, 250ml tins and adding a splash of brushing thinners. A dab on the tin lid and that was it – basically a 25% profit from the start!

In the Midlands Jawel Paints have always given me excellent service for auto and RAL paints and similar.

Went to check the tin of touch up paint for my WARCO Economy Mill. Put in such a safe place as to be invisible!

With a machine of that age, a few scars are inevitable! You should see my lathe where 20 years of brushing off swarf have scoured the top coat away in places. But it still machines metal satisfactorily.

It is possible that the colour will differ from machine to machine, if the exact RAL number is not specified. I always think of it as "Industrial green" because that is what most machine tools are painted.

So a mill from one Chinese factory may differ in colour from a lathe from another factory. And maybe the same applies to lathes, or mills from different factories. (i e Rong Fu Industrial Green may not be the same as from Weiss.

Accepting some of the quality control issues that have been seen, the colour might even vary from batch to batch!

Howard

I'll say it does! My Warco tins of touchup green and yellow don't even match the machine they were issued with.

My guess is that they source it promiscuously from whoever's selling on lowest price and leadtime, and that machine paint and touchup pots might come from separate suppliers validated on a casual colour match.

But hey! I don't really care – they still look better than rusty exposed chips, and the machine does what it should irrespective.

I should add that the Myford-labelled paint I bought for the Speed 10 I used to have had the same issue.

I didn't care then either.

Edited By Mick B1 on 14/06/2022 17:33:26