best and brightest SILVER colour available??

"The challenge was to produce a finish that looked like chrome but which also offered the performance you would demand on a machine designed for speed. The resultant coating is light in weight, fast to dry, heat resistant, aerodynamic, has a low impact on the environment and looks shiny."

Is this what you are looking for?

Just speak to Mr R Dennis and his pals at Akzo-Nobel, mind you they have gone through quite a lot of it this year.
 
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Audi Aluminum Silver Metallic paint code: LY7M/L5

The photo doesn't do justice to how good it looks, like polished aluminum..best silver I've seen.
 
so far the Audi silver is the leading contender, thanks "Rusty Spokes"!

Julian, at one point in my life I might well have tried to figure out how to chrome all the plastic bodywork, but now I have to worry about Grant hunting me down and cutting my nuts off if I were to do such a thing ;) after my neon disco ball orchid green paint job on my 79 1200 with all the prismatic flake :o 8)

I did run my 79 1200 for a couple of years with a stripped bare steel tank that I spent considerable effort on metal work before spending further hours on sanding then polishing, polishing, polishing, then just kept a good coat of wax on to keep it from rusting, does that count?

I have been working on my 1972 Triumph Spitfire car drivetrain rebuild, looks like I either have a bad brand new oil pump or somehow I put it in wrong, oil pan is coming back off my freshly built motor later today, and I am determined to finish the car and get it back on the road before the summer comes to an end here, so the 82 1200 TS Mirage project is getting a brief respite before I attack the paint......

for my 79 Honda CBX Turbo project, I have acquired a Metchamex braced aluminum swing arm from the UK. I have also acquired an alternate complete front end for the 79 CBX, from an 82 CBX, bit bigger forks, bit better brakes, etc., and every time I walk by the bike I take another part off it, but I am a long way from getting it running.

anyway, I am going to check with my paint supplier about getting that Audi silver colour mixed up.......

Paul LeClair
 
its not at all 8uncommon on crap old British cars to have to pack the (new) oil pump totally full of Vaseline, before you attempt your first engine run, I wonder if the Triumph Shitfire sorry Spitfire (actually there is only one Spitfire my old son and it is 27,000cc four cam, four valve V12) is in that same cateogory of pack it or lose it.

Take a look at Aston Martin for silver paint (my next car will be a DB9)
CLEM
 
Clem has a good point about using vaseline in oil pumps..I do the same with my engines on most makes when building an  engine or replacing the oil pump..including when I did my Laverda 3c. No lost prime and oil pressure problems..even if the paint on the vehicle is brilliant silver (back to topic) or a British tractor engine.
 
Rusty Spokes said:
Clem has a good point about using vaseline in oil pumps..I do the same with my engines on most makes when building an  engine or replacing the oil pump..including when I did my Laverda 3c. No lost prime and oil pressure problems..even if the paint on the vehicle is brilliant silver (back to topic) or a British tractor engine.
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actually I painted most of the Spitfire engine in "Grabber Green" high temp engine enamel, Grabber Green is sort of a high vis limish semi fluorescent green about as far away from British Racing Green as it is possible to get....... :o 8)

what the heck does using Vaseline on engine oil pumps accomplish, other than gumming up the pump? Should we be doing the Vaseline lube on Laverda oil pumps?
 
Paul LeClair said:
actually I painted most of the Spitfire engine in "Grabber Green" high temp engine enamel, Grabber Green is sort of a high vis limish semi fluorescent green about as far away from British Racing Green as it is possible to get....... :o 8)
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Somehow I wouldn't have expected anything else..  :-*
 
The paintwork on my new victim 1200TS is original and horrible. Faded, rusty, yellowed, scratched and stained.
I have two old aerosol cans of 5 wheel silver, the dregs of an Audi silver can and  half a can of clear lacquer...and that is all its getting. Nothing with that shit bodywork deserves more and I quote the Laverda green book here.."real class, this is one of Laverdas best pieces of outright style"...oh really?
However......I think it will look good in a shit kind of way.
Late press, need another can of clear lacquer doh!
By the way, I repaired the hideous red pinstripes with electricians tape. it's gonna look a bit banksy.
 
CLEMTOG said:
its not at all 8uncommon on crap old British cars to have to pack the (new) oil pump totally full of Vaseline, before you attempt your first engine run, I wonder if the Triumph Shitfire sorry Spitfire (actually there is only one Spitfire my old son and it is 27,000cc four cam, four valve V12) is in that same cateogory of pack it or lose it.

Take a look at Aston Martin for silver paint (my next car will be a DB9)
CLEM
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Only two cams in a Merlin Clem, my old son  ;)


    Keith
 
Paul

Why not get your paint shop to mix your own unique colour tell him or her what you are after and they can work from there. If you start with a nice Silver say from something Italian like a Maserati Silver ( don't like Audi's full stop so I wouldn't use their colour) and then get them to more metallic into it etc...just get them to make a note of what they do. I got a special blue mixed once for my 3C , got the guy to throw in heaps of metallic and lots of straight blue tinter, it came out stunning esp when the sun hit it...but could never match it as didn't keep a record.

My take anyways and agree that might be in the long run cheaper and easier to get someone else to do the paint work but if you do the thing yourself it gives you a satisfaction that can't be beaten!
 
Paul LeClair said:
what the heck does using Vaseline on engine oil pumps accomplish, other than gumming up the pump? Should we be doing the Vaseline lube on Laverda oil pumps?
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It closes up all the clearances, allowing the pump to work with maximum efficiency at start up... not a bad thing if you think about it!  I wouldn't pack the pump full, though.  A light smear would be effective enough.  Using oil in the build doesn't guarantee it will still be in the pump if left standing for any period, vaseline is nice and sticky.  The vaseline simply dissolves in the engine oil, doing no further harm.

Have never had any pump issues during my rebuilds.  Pump goes in lightly oiled, pistons, pins, big ends and cams get a liberal dose of oil during completion.  Those little gear-type pumps are quite efficient, a few seconds of cranking without plugs usually has the cams smothered.

piet
 
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what the heck does using Vaseline on engine oil pumps accomplish, other than gumming up the pump? Should we be doing the Vaseline lube on Laverda oil pumps?
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Vaseline is a very good lube for some mechanical parts (like pumps) and new engine seals and "O" rings. Vaseline melts at about 99*F, flows readily and dissolves very quickly into engine oil and is very pure petroleum product. I use it to prime oil pumps by putting some around/inside the pump gears and cavity (don't need to pack it full..but you can be liberal with the amount you use). Vaseline will cause the oil pump pull the engine oil at the first start and once running the vaseline washes out and melts near immediately. Never had an oil pump "lose prime" and the oil pump develops pressure instantaneously on starting.

On engine seals I will wipe the seal rubber/running surfaces with a good coat of vaseline. Again, it washes out and dissolves quickly and at the same time gives the new seal running surface some vital early lubrication so the seal surfaces bed in quickly. Never had an engine seal leak once coated with vaseline on installation.

I've rebuilt several automatic transmissions too using vaseline on the many seals, "o" rings and priming the ATF pump gears. Vaseline works just fine.

I would not use vaseline on the "O" rings in a Laverda head gasket as they are compression/press seals inside a fiber gasket rather than "O" rings in a metal to metal assembly.

Works great if the engine is painted "grabber green" or silver (back on topic)
 
Paul LeClair said:
Julian, at one point in my life I might well have tried to figure out how to chrome all the plastic bodywork, but now I have to worry about Grant hunting me down and cutting my nuts off if I were to do such a thing ;) after my neon disco ball orchid green paint job on my 79 1200 with all the prismatic flake :o 8)

Paul LeClair
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Plastic chromers are around, but not cheap going by the quote I got for chroming some plastic indicator bases. Chrome colour paint is available.
 
Grant said:
Somehow I wouldn't have expected anything else..  :-*
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Hi Grant

laughing out loud and rolling on the floor

there is just something about purist rivet counters, especially those that can't walk the talk in their own mechanical work ::) that irritates me, and there is some satisfaction for me in doing a mechanical rebuild to the very highest possible mechanical and cosmetic standards, but with something totally unimportant like colour different than everyone else..... must be a personality quirk ::) but I can't really explain it.

Paul LeClair

ps Rusty Spokes, I am off to buy some Vaseline, not sure if the pharmacist will believe me that I want it for an engine oil pump...... :o
 
Hey Paul, why not go for that silver on the Ducati shotgun singles circa late 60s. If I remember correctly had matal flake, just up your ally!! Always like that colour.
 
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Least no ones going to steal it eh Pat :D

 
motoddrob said:
Hey Paul, why not go for that silver on the Ducati shotgun singles circa late 60s. If I remember correctly had matal flake, just up your ally!! Always like that colour.
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Hi Rob

spraying modern micro flake is fairly easy, relatively. Spraying that huge flake from the 60's and 70's is a real art. I have tried it, but you need to use a really large gun tip, and when you cut and wet sand you often wind up with the big flake sticking up out of the clear until you sand it back, then it looks kind of weird...

anyways, I am going to check out the Ford Ingot silver, the Audi silver, and the general silver colour charts, once I get my bloody Spitfire project running........

Paul LeClair
 
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