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10th November 2011, 02:33 PM #1
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Colour for Carbatec and Metabo machinery
It took me ages to determine the nice blue colour used on Carbatec machinery, which also closely matches the Metabo machinery. I found out the colour is a powder coating colour RAL 5005.
I tried all the major paint suppliers in Townsville, and found that Dulux is the only one that could supply that colour in water based paint
Details are in the photo below. It is actually an accurate match, although the colouring in the photo is lost as you reduce the size of the image to suit the limits of this forumregards,
Dengy
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11th November 2011, 06:25 AM #2
I've got to ask, why did you want a 'Water Based Paint' the same colour as Carbatec & Metabo machinery?
I won't stick to the machinery very well!Dragonfly
No-one suspects the dragonfly!
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11th November 2011, 09:17 AM #3
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he he he ... it's a girly thing. I am making some plywood rolling cabinets for my shed, and I want to colour co-ordinate them with existing machinery
regards,
Dengy
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11th November 2011, 09:52 AM #4
or maybe showing ASD tendencies
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11th November 2011, 10:43 AM #5
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Do I detect the merest hint of CDO*?
*CDO - like OCD, but with the letters arranged in alphabetical order, like they should be.
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11th November 2011, 11:51 AM #6
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I find that being part colourblind has saved me a lot of time over the years, something I never appreciated when I was young
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11th November 2011, 12:51 PM #7
Apparently partial colour-blindness also makes it harder to see whether things like pictures are "straight". Which means that I save time on most jobs around the house - to start with; then SWMBO stands there saying "up a bit . . . down a bit . . ." Finishes up not saving any time at all!
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11th November 2011, 01:00 PM #8
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Wonderful idea, especially the water based bit.
In Germany one can often purchase water based paints that are like a Gel, effectively dripless, splashless, etcetera.
Last year Aldi had some of this German paint on one of their specials, not only was the price extremely low, water based, the gel bit amazed friends when they saw it being used.
Mick.
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11th November 2011, 02:27 PM #9
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11th November 2011, 09:08 PM #10
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Wouldwood, no, I hadn't thought of that, interesting idea though.
I have a friend who has lots of little bottles and jars of various grades of gelatin for making camera film emulsion, I may give him a telephone and have a discussion about the possibilities.
That stuff is horribly expensive though, perhaps some Aspic would make the paint almost edibleas well as being far cheaper.
Mick.
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13th November 2011, 06:50 AM #11
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13th November 2011, 10:24 AM #12
Nah, not just a girly thing me thinks.
I regularly visit an American Garage forum. You wouldn't believe the lengths those guys go to to pick "Just" the right shade of colour for their garages.
They have long diiscussions on their colour choice with should they have a stripe on the walls, and should the floor tiles match the walls or contrast it etc etc.
I have to admit some look fantastic and I've been bitten by the bug.
I find myself thinking about colour in my shop refurb.
It needn't cost more to have a working environment that pleases the eye as well as being an efficient place to work.
Now, should you hang curtains on the windows of your shop, that I will agree is a girlie thing.
Cheers
Jim
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13th November 2011, 10:56 AM #13
I'm all for it; I've got roses and a lemon tree in my 'shop'.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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13th November 2011, 05:59 PM #14
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It's a girlie thing for sure
Now, should you hang curtains on the windows of your shop, that I will agree is a girlie thing.
Cheers
Jim
I am building two rolling cupboards for the thicknesser and the router table, and rather than have them plain old plywood, decided they should be painted.
Could not think of a decent colour, so chose the existing blue on the Carbatec saw and the Metabo thicknesser. Should look good, maybe a bit overwhelming with all that strong German Blue colour
Do you think I should soften it with some pastel coloured trim? he he heregards,
Dengy
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13th November 2011, 06:30 PM #15
Yup, a girlie thing. Oh yeah, you're a girl. So it's all good.
Do you think I should soften it with some pastel coloured trim? he he he
Like I said before, "a working environment that pleases the eye as well as being an efficient place to work."
We definitely need some pics though.