Green paint

[Jrtm]

Im not convinved by my green paint still its currently mid brunswick funny i have 2 shades of supposedly the same colour its not getting done now but it just still seams too light in pictures. Dont get me wrong its far better than what it was but should it be deep brunswick? If you look at old pics (i know lead paint) or even gifford it looks much darker.

 

I currently use craftmaster or dulux custom made at my local shop that specialises in dulux weathershield. Dulux stuff i had made up is darker. Im just not sure if the craftmaster was light rather than mid but says mid on the tin. Im repainting the cabin except the writing again and entire bow and all the slides wgen the boat is in dock as this gives me chance to have all the slides off so intend to buy a few tins if there the right colour.

 

There is nothing wrong with the paint just looks a bit light unfortunately i dont have an old tin of the green but was craftmaster paints hence why i wonder if was deep not mid

Sorry i know this is a topic thats been discused before but i have the colour i thought it should be

[matty40s]

it depends where you get it from and how old it is!!

We ordered Mid green from our regular suppliers, it came as mid brunswick green which is not what the customer wanted (lighter).

we tried again with the correct RAL number, and the same colour arrived.

We went elsewhere and had the correct Mid Green within 48 hours from Symphony coatings of Brum- completely different to the paint supplied by Sayers of northampton. We asked them to come and look at the difference, and the fact that their paint had also split (yellow streaks coming out when painted) and they never did, even though they gave us two dates to come and collect.

 

 

The reason I mention age is that we are currently painting a boat in Oxford Blue (Craftsmaster, not Masons which is darker anyway), and the boat owners arrived with two 5 year old tins of Craftsmaster from a previous boat. We showed them the present mix and their old mix, the old mix was far darker - so is now going on a Triumph Dolomite!!

[MtB]

it depends where you get it from and how old it is!!

We ordered Mid green from our regular suppliers, it came as mid brunswick green which is not what the customer wanted (lighter).

we tried again with the correct RAL number, and the same colour arrived.

We went elsewhere and had the correct Mid Green within 48 hours from Symphony coatings of Brum- completely different to the paint supplied by Sayers of northampton. We asked them to come and look at the difference, and the fact that their paint had also split (yellow streaks coming out when painted) and they never did, even though they gave us two dates to come and collect.

 

 

The reason I mention age is that we are currently painting a boat in Oxford Blue (Craftsmaster, not Masons which is darker anyway), and the boat owners arrived with two 5 year old tins of Craftsmaster from a previous boat. We showed them the present mix and their old mix, the old mix was far darker - so is now going on a Triumph Dolomite!!

 

 

Something to bear in mind is the colour of the liquid paint in the tin can be WAY different from the colour once applied and dried.

[Jrtm]

The paint i ordered from craftmaster was a new order (how old the tin was i dont know) hence my asking if ot was the correct colour. Dad always said he used mid brunswick it does sort of look right but then othertimes it just looks way too light. I have the code (weather its the right code for mid so place down the road can make up the dulux stuff)

 

My only other thought was i wonder if craftmaster did a few verifications of mid green as i ordered it from there heritage paints list. The red and yellow are bang on. But as i will repaint it all as i have chance to do it in a dry enviroment thought was best to try gettig something was happy with

[Geo]

I have found that paint colour varies with each batch they make, thus I was advised by a manufacturer years ago to make sure I made sure that all the paint I got was from the same batch and to buy enough for the job in one go. In those days the colour relied on someone's eye to match the batch to a colour card so differences were always the standard.

 

I don't know if they have improved colour mixing but I gather not.

Edited October 5, 2016 by Geo

[bizzard]

Mid greens tends to darken with age.

Edited October 5, 2016 by bizzard

[Tony Brooks]

This seems to illustrate why in my view it is vital to only use BS or RAL numbers when specifying paint. The colours associated with the names tend to vary from maker to maker.

 

I have the opposite problem. My Masons mid green is lighter than later purchases of Masons and other makers pain supposedly mixed to the Masons formula. And before someone says it is not that the original paint has faded. when cutting back an area shielded form the sun and testing the colour the new paint is definitely darker.

[Cheshire cat]

We have problems with green even though it was mixed from a ral number by the original supplier within 12 months of a repaint. The new paint is too dark.

[Jrtm]

Not just me thats struggling with green then

[bag 'o' bones]

Colour matching is difficult regardless of the colour. That is why car refinishing outfits spray a test card first before beginning the re-spray job to check the colour match.

[cuthound]

There is also no guarantee that the old and new paint will fade at the same rates over time.