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Author Topic: Century Gray Paint Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-11-2009 03:59 PM                     Can anyone tell me how to go about buying paint to match Century gray?  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-11-2009 04:13 PM                  Hammertone, wrinkle, or smooth? Krylon Spaycan, Compressed-air paint gun, or Paint brush? Is THIS where I post my "I LUV my evil self" link?...huh? (Sorry Don, my good bud...I couldn't resist! )  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-11-2009 05:18 PM                     Ha Ha Phil I'll take any of the above!!!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-11-2009 05:49 PM                        If you are looking for powder coat, we have a near match to Strong's grey. Ours has a bit less black in it but texture and "greyness" are very close. Seriously, the older paints varied over the years. "French Grey" is close. Louis  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 02-11-2009 08:05 PM                     Didn't think it was worth starting a new thread over, but can anyone tell me how a hammertone finish is achieved?  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-11-2009 09:18 PM                     with a hammer? seriously, it seems to be some sectret held by the paint wizards. The pigment particles in the paint don't stay homogenous - they form the pattern and then the solvent dries off leaving the hammertone effect. I've heard that you can get some spray paints to "hammertone" by spraying WD-40 lightly over the still-wet paint (never tried) It may be something like the mystery of miso soup?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 02-11-2009 09:38 PM                        Before the EPA got them canned, you could buy paint with hammertone, or many other textures. Not so now, but it definately was the paint itself, not a technique. Same way with powder coat, it is made to do that! Louis  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-11-2009 10:34 PM                        You can still buy at least some kinds of hammertone paint. I just bought a can of Rustoleum "Hammered" paint last week. The effect is somewhat similar to what you get when you paint over a surface that's contaminated with silicone, so maybe that's a clue as to how the hammered paint works.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-12-2009 10:04 AM                     Hammertone paint had a solvent in it that dried at a different rate causing the pigment to migrate Tremclad and CIL still have it available here There used to be a wrinkle paint finish in a can and that has not been available for a while  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-12-2009 10:47 AM                     I believe Eastwood (the car folks) still have black wrinkle finish paint.  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-12-2009 10:48 AM                        Yup, and Plastidip makes black wrinkle paint too. The wrinkle works much better if you heat or bake it.  |  IP: Logged

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