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Posted: 12/23/2023 4:25:02 PM EDT
| What are my options for MAS Grey aka RAL 7013 in a home refinishing scenario? Is there a spray can color that's close? I have an airbrush and HVLP spray gun plus curing oven for any gun-sized parts. |
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If you Cerakote, I would try mixing up Patriot Brown and Sig Dark Grey, maybe adding a little bit of Magpul OD Green. If looking for off the shelf paints, you can mix up custom colors by spraying rattle cans into a bottle or container until the desired ratio is achieved. Test every now and then with a q-tip on a test piece. Dry the test swatch with a heat gun (as you know, wet paint is always darker). Cover the mouth of the bottle with a paper towel to catch splatter, and remember these paints will still retain some aerosols and will be under pressure if you seal a lid on the container for future use--crack them every now and then to relieve gas. You can then strain this paint into your HVLP gun. I mixed up various brands of camouflage paint to achieve the Multicam palette for my Holland, and sprayed through an Iwata LPH-80: Attached File Attached File Attached File I haven't tried this vendor before, but it looks like LVP Paints can mix up your desired color in rattle can form here: LVP Paints RAL 7013 Attached File |
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Originally Posted By ankratz: I haven't tried this vendor before, but it looks like LVP Paints can mix up your desired color in rattle can form here: LVP Paints RAL 7013 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/232334/LVP_Paint_JPG-3121984.JPG Great looking multicam work there, that must have taken some R&D time. The LVP paint looks like just the thing, and I can get the same product in non-aerosol containers too. Thanks, I could only find european vendors with RAL colors in stock for some reason. |
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I think this is a German company, but they show within five day delivery to US via FedEx. I'm guessing they have operations out of New England. "My Perfect Color" |
"The only thing more boring than shooting groups is looking at other people's groups on the internet." -erud
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That German company sure is proud of their paint. Being an officially licensed RAL dealer there's a possibility their colors are more "correct", but at 3x the price of the LVP option the base paint better be superior also. I don't know much about paints so I have no way of judging this. |
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