Morris Minor Owners Club

You'd better ask John about that!

Look what I got this weekend!


This colour was to go on a Platinum Grey Morris 10. What are your opinions on this colour? It is a grey, but a greenish grey

That looks pretty well spot on to me .
Platinum Grey is a greenish grey so it looks right.

Is it actually Platinum Grey or just a similar colour ?

And where did he get the formulation from ?

I got this from a friend of mine, who had it matched up ten years ago. This paint is to go on his Morris 10. I will get it matched up in DuPont paint I think, I'll ask about the formulation

Thanks Onne
DuPont here were no good so a formulation would be terrific .

What type of paint are you painting your car with ?

I haven't a clue yet. the sample I got was 2K paint, but I'd like a wee tin of the paint, to paint the underside of the car in lovely PG!

Will DuPont do for you?

I'm hoping to use 2K for the underside, engine bay & interior.
I'd like to use acrylic for the exterior, but it looks like I might be using whatever I can get hold of.

I'm not in a real hurry for it. It's going to be a few years before I need to repaint mine (hopefully).

If I can get hold of the right colour as a sample, I can get it matched using a spectrometer & get the correct formulation for any type of paint I need ***crosses fingers***.

I can get the correct colour in any type of paint in America so I might be getting a colour sample from there.


BTW I've heard of celluose(?) type paint used in the UK.
I'm not familiar with this type but I'm assuming it's just air dry enamel - would I be right ??

I really don't know... What I do know, is that I will have a DuPont formulation for Platinum Grey tomorrow

Scott wrote:-snip-
BTW I've heard of celluose(?) type paint used in the UK.
I'm not familiar with this type but I'm assuming it's just air dry enamel - would I be right ??

Cellulose paint is the type of paint the cars were painted in originally, therefore its the best to use for a re-spray or any repairs.

2K paint cannot be sprayed at home as it gives off highly poisonous isocyanate fumes.

I will be goggled up when I'm using it, that's for sure. Any paint for that matter

chickenjohn wrote:

Scott wrote:-snip-
BTW I've heard of celluose(?) type paint used in the UK.
I'm not familiar with this type but I'm assuming it's just air dry enamel - would I be right ??

Cellulose paint is the type of paint the cars were painted in originally, therefore its the best to use for a re-spray or any repairs.

2K paint cannot be sprayed at home as it gives off highly poisonous isocyanate fumes.

Do you know if cellulose is enamel paint ?
I would think so as acrylic (Duco) didn't really become common until the '60s/'70s.

I'm aware of the dangers of 2K. I try to avoid home use of that stuff wherever possible.

So, I got my tin of paint today.
It's Monopol Cromatic is the make, it's 2K
this is the recipe
Code Name Amount
Base i21 Mix-black 189.1
Base i54 Yellow Oxide 169.7
Base i11 Concentr White 54.4
Base i73 Violet 11.3
Base i61 Orange 6.0
Liant 903 903 PU Acrylate 645.9

Hope this makes sense toy you, it doesn't for me.

Onne

Onne wrote:Hope this makes sense toy you, it doesn't for me.

Likewise .

I'll print it out & take around to my paint supplier & see what he makes of it.
Thanks very much Onne.

Do you still think it's too dark ?

No, just the indoor picture of NWL576 that confused me. I have never seen Platinum Grey in the flesh, so I can't tell what it is, but this looks right to me.

Onne