Ladies and Gents,
 
Brought on by Jim's acquisition of a rusty Plomb steel socket set box , and
Scott's noting the appeal of same......

 Here's a formula for Olive Drab Green in Sherwin-Williams "Industrial Enamel
HS" (HS=High Solids) gloss paint
 Sherwin-Williams lists "machinery" as one of the things this paint is suited
for.

 1 gallon Ultra Deep Base 640118709
 BAC Colorant
 G2 New Green 6 oz + 11/32
 R2 Maroon 2 oz + 3/32 + 1/64
 Y3 Deep Gold 2 oz + 28/32
 W1 White 24/32 only

 This was the result of a manual match to a WW2 jeep toolbox, which was somewhat
glossy. The color match is near-perfect but the new paint is much more glossy
than the original, The area matched was an unfaded area of the interior.

 (Don't start in on me for repainting an "antique" toolbox. The original finish
was ruined before I got it - a prior owner slathered his name on the lid with
paint using a too-wide brush !)

 Quite a few early 20th century metal toolboxes are olive in color. This color
is "close enough" to any one of those.

 It really amazed me that Sherwin-Williams did not have Olive Drab as a stock
color.  You'd think there'd be a market for that, but, no, it had to be custom
matched.

 Comments this or on the genuine, authentic GI Olive Drab color of the WW2 era
greatly appreciated......Yes, I know that there seem to be a LOT of variations
on O.D. Green, even in one era.  I'm hoping to get the usual highly intellectual
discourse for which the Porch is renowned, touching on RAL colors, FED-STD-595
colors. etc.

 John Ruth 
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GG's,

I didn't know there was a great deal of variation in OD paint.  Years
ago, my family sold Pittsburgh Paint.  Having the color dispenser
available I decided to find out what the same amount of each colorant
in a gallon of paint would look like.  Wouldn't you know it turned out
to be-------------Olive drab!   When I was in 'Nam, we had an IG
inspection (Big wigs came to visit for those of you who aren't aware)
and in preparation, we had to paint the equipment.  We didn't have a
lot of prep materials nor time, so we painted stuff the best we could.
At that point I realized OD stood for "Over Dirt".  Never had much
cause to change my mind since.

Have a great day, Y'all.

Bruce Z.
Des Moines, IA


>  Here's a formula for Olive Drab Green in Sherwin-Williams "Industrial Enamel
HS" (HS=High Solids) gloss paint
>  Sherwin-Williams lists "machinery" as one of the things this paint is suited
for.

> I didn't know there was a great deal of variation in OD paint.

There are endless debates about the precise color of OD around
the time of the Civil War.  While the Ordnance manuals give the
formula, using today's ingredients (the chief culprit appears to
be what's available for yellow ochre) different people get different
shades.

> At that point I realized OD stood for "Over Dirt".  Never had much
> cause to change my mind since.

LOL  The Viet-Namese for OD translates directly as "horse dung green."

Mike in Sacto