Hiway Yellow Paint

If it does not get posted by tomorrow I will get the number off a can I have of it at work. A dupont #

The cat paint is nice to work with, and cost isn't that bad. Why not the cat paint?

The number for DuPonts Acrylic Enamel is 421A. It sprays and covers well, but its also pricey compared to Cats paints, or Rustoleum, or others.
Here are a couple of pics of a D-2 painted with the 421A.

do you know if you can get the old cat grey at a dealer also.

You could ask them but I seriously doubt it. ACMOC has a list of paint codes for the early colors. Try them. Good luck, John

John, the numbers at the ACMOC site are Federal Standard #s. I have gotten them matched fom Dupont in Nason or Diamond Vogel paint. That is the gray and red.

Don't forget that 2 part Dupont paint-probably polyurethane- is much more expensinve that the ordinary alkyde enamel that cat is selling and it will stay glossy years longer. Jim PS There is a tugboat company in boston that undercoats with 2 part epoxy, final color coates with 2 part polyurethane and finishes with a polyclearcoat. They look like megayacths and they work 24 hrs a day and this finish lasts ten + years.

I have found that DuPont or Ditzler/PPG paints are much superior to most anything out there when it comes to durability and long lasting finish, when proper preparation has been done before spraying. Any paint will look good when it is new, the difference starts to show after a couple of years. It is just a matter of what results you are looking to achieve. Say if it is just a hobby machine and all you want is some fresh color most any paint will do the job just fine. The machines I have restored for show got the best quality primers and paints I could find because of the extensive labor I invested in the preperation. Absolute cleanliness is mandatory or even expensive paints won't perform. I have sprayed cheaper paints as well as the top of the line and can without a doubt say you do still get what you pay for.