Cat grey paint source??

It seems if you have a part that,s not faded you could take it to an Automotve Parts store like a NAPA or others and they could match and mix up a batch for you.NAPA might even have a listing of older Cat paint to go by.

I bet you could get a great match if you have some original paint. They color scan and do a electronic match which probably would get you closer than some of the variations of the original paint. My problem is someone painted the tractor Hwy yellow at some time in it's past and the original paint either isn't there or is very much weathered.

I remember having some trouble finding a Rustoleum supplier that would mix the paint because they couldn't find the Federal number. I found Dupont (G 9721) and Ditzler (33127) but like I said, got turned off by the $200/gal price tag. I guess this was some really good paint that would take the weather in stride but I keep my Cats inside most of the time and they don't get much exposure to the elements. It's hard to justify the better paint in that situation.

I'll just have to renew my search for Rustoleum.

I appreciate the help!

You can get the paint from these people. Call the plant and they will give you the name and phone number of a mail order dealer or your local dealer. You can tolerate the price also.

http://www.vansicklepaint.com/

I took the federal #s into two paint stores I deal with and both can match the colors. I have the gray matched in Dupont's Nason from the local paint store and also with a paint company in Madison Wi that deals in industrial paint. At this point I plan on painting our club's 20 with Nason as it will not be doing that much work. But the cost will be up there. I would think thet the machine being painted for the show in CA that they might be using waterbase paints because of solvents. I did not have any problems using the Federal #s
Terry

🙄 I look at it this way,you spent all time and effort getting it ready to paint so use the good and just do it once!

We have been quite happy with mixing equal parts of white and black paint for the gray. We usually use nason but I am sure others would give the same results. I will see if my boys can post a picture of a Sixty and Thirty that have this paint. I think you would be quite satisfied. Gene

Here is the mixture of half black, half white that Old Cats as talking about. Jeremy