[Milsurplus] Navy gray and green paint??

[Nick England]

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According to MIL-E-16400 governing Navy electronics equipment:

The paint spec for Navy electronics equipment for Interior Use is
MIL-E-15090
http://everyspec.com/MIL-SPECS/MIL-SPECS-MIL-E/MIL-E-15090C_26169/
The paint is called Navy Formula No. 111
The color must match color number 26307 of FED-STD-595

Navy electronics for Exterior Use gets a different kind of paint per
TT-E-490
http://www.everyspec.com/FED_SPECS/T/TT-E-490E_10736/
and is darker, matching color number 26270 of FED-STD-595

There's a FED-STD-595 color chart on this page, but who knows what shade
your
monitor is displaying
http://www.federalstandardcolor.com/

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Navy electronics changed gray shades around 1950.
> The original OS-8/U
> http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8b-u-94.jpg
> is much darker than the later OS-8C/U
> http://www.navy-radio.com/test/os8c-u-01.JPG
>
> I like Rust-Oleum Light Machine Gray for the lighter 50's-60's Navy radio
gear
> In this photo,
> http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-pan27.JPG
>  the bottom TTY unit was painted with Light Machine Gray - the other
> TTY units are original Navy colors.
>
> Rust-Oleum Smoke Gray works well for the late 40's darker gray color.
> In this photo
> http://www.navy-radio.com/misc/shack/shack-122.JPG
> I painted the racks with Smoke Gray and the equipment is original
> (some of it yet-to-be-cleaned nicotine brown)
>
> Neither is a perfect match and a lot depends on the lighting, but
> these seem to be pretty close.

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:

> The immediate post-war gray is decidedly darker than the 1953(?) and later
> gray shade. I have used Rustoleum Smoke Gray as a pretty good match.
> Rustoleum Dark Machine Gray might be better but is hard to find.
> For the later shade I have used Rustoleum Light Machine Gray.
> If you want an exact match, I believe Sherwin Williams can use their color
> scanner to brew custom enamel if you take them a piece to scan. Don't know
> about whether they can deliver custom paint in a spray can???
>
> I will dig out the Mil-Spec but IIRC I only found it available in 55 gal
> drums.
>
> On Monday, April 18, 2016, Thekan, Paul <Paul.Thekan at cpii.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a WW2 Navy radio that got the post war Navy gray paint change over
>> from black crackle (unfortunately)
>>
>>
>>
>> Also have a Navy dynamotor set that has the Navy green , that’s what I
>> call it , that I have to repaint. It’s the same green used on the TBX case.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions on where to find the gray and green paint to do these .
>> I’d like to find the correct match…if at all possible.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> N6FEG
>>
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> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
>
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