paint color

[al_p]

does anyone have a lead on any sources for the neve RAF blue/gray? or anything close?

model paint? automotive paint?

i thought about going to home depot and getting them to mix up a custom based on a sample of a scanned pannel...but i'm not sure if i could get the finish to look right.

thoughts?

 

[MikoKensington]

Most automotive paint stores or body shops have vast "chipbooks" to look through. DuPont alone is enough to keep you busy.

 

[jrmintz]

Hi Al,

Check out here

I'd be interested to know how you make out - I thought about the same thing but I just haven't had time to pursue it.

 

[Guest]

To quote Geoff Tanner of Aurora Audio:

Back at the Neve factory major changes had taken place with a complete re-styling of the product range into "New Appearance Design" (NAD). The RAF Blue Grey paint work was replaced with (RAF) Extra Dark Sea Grey

Geoff Tanner http://www.auroraaudio.net might have an exact match for the EDSG paint. I know Geoff and Freddy from Ocean Studios Burbank http://www.oceanstudiosburbank.com went through an exhaustive search for the "right" paint to repaint their rather custom 80 series Neve.

Damn, they only had a ****** 8108 the last time I worked there. If you haven't seen Ocean Burbank, it's one hell of a nice studio!

 

[al_p]

[quote author="elco"]Damn, they only had a ****** 8108 the last time I worked there.[/quote]

yes, i remember reading about the install of the joint 80series. quite a project. and quite a patchbay!!!

thanks for the tip i'll check it out. although this isn't for a restoration project so an exact match is not critical. it's just for a control panel to be mounted next to some modules, so if the color is a cµnt hair off it's no big deal.

thanks guys.
-AL

 

[Guest]

Digging up this old thread - I found the answer whislt searching for something else...

According to this web site - the colour Extra Dark Sea Grey has a Pantone equivelant of Pantone 432
http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~ccmjs/ripolin.html

Check colour here..
http://www.ssreyes.org/docs/imagencorporativa/Capitulo_8.pdf....

 

[Vince@Speck]

Maybe this will help....maybe it will confuse!

http://home.mchsi.com/~pshuntley/fscodes/fs595b-1000.html

The Federal Stardards (FS 595b) are a good place to start. Most commercial paint shops in the U.S. reference these numbers. The U.K has a completely different set of numbers. The color is only a small part of the selection process. The % of gloss really affects the overall look of commerial paint.

To make matters even more complicated, looking at colors on a uncalibrated computer monitor make it hard to know what a painted surface really looks like. Always get a painted test sample.

Regards,

Vince Poulos
Speck Electronics

 

[Bear]

Is it just the pictures I see, or do ElaM 251's have a kind of "minty" tint? Anyone got a color match for that?

Bear

 

[asm]

ive seen it minty washed out ( i think old) to almost a tint of lime green.

http://www.proaudioeurope.com/images/products/mics/telefunken/elam_251.jpg