[Milsurplus] MN-20 Loop Paint Colors
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WA5CAB at cs.com
Sun Dec 2 19:18:25 EST 2007
Don't forget, also, that the WW-II greens used by US forces were generally
lighter that what we were using by the Korean War. It is the latter color (with
a lot of black added) that most people think of when you say "OD".
In a message dated 12/2/2007 5:38:16 PM Central Standard Time,
AAF-Radio-1 at aafradio.org writes:
> I have seen zinc chromate colors range the gamut between a sickly yellow
> to forester green (no pun intended :-) ). The darker colors seem to
> have been preferred as more nearly matching the 'official' OD, whatever
> that may be. It is also a nice non-reflective surface treatment.
>
> J Forster wrote:
>
> >Hmm.. The color seems a bit dark for chromate, but IS light for real OD. I
> >was just wondering it it had been factory painted to go with some old camo.
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