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I am wondering if the AH 100 in 56 were painted in Acrylic?
Nowadays when I need to repaint what shall I do?
We have tried to use Standox GN1 FL green but looks different from the rest of the car....
 
Welcome to the forum....What color is your car?

Do you have a picture of it you can post?
 
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I am wondering if the AH 100 in 56 were painted in Acrylic?
Nowadays when I need to repaint what shall I do?
We have tried to use Standox GN1 FL green but looks different from the rest of the car....

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No the AH cars were not painted with Acrylic, they were painted using a laquer. Paint your car with any modern type paint except laquer.The old paint on your car is not going to match the original color due to its age, Get a color chip and match the new paint to it.---Fwiw---Keoke-Ciao!
 
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Bruces BN2 is florida green.
https://www.britishcarforum.com/ubbthreads/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/2113/cat/508
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Sorry but this car is not Florida Green.
Florida Green is a light pastel green.
I believe the car shown is Pacific Green.

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Hi Alan,
Bruce's car comes a lot closer to Florida Green than it does Pacific.
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So, if the car is somewhere between Florida Green and Pacific Green, does that make it "Kansas Green"? Or if, as you say, it is closer to Florida Green, I guess that makes it Arkansas Green or maybe even Alabama Green?

I mixed Reno Red and Colorado Red and got legalized gambling in Denver.
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Hi Reid,
My car was incorrectly painted Colorado Red when I got it. The paint is still in very good condition & I have no intention of spending 10 grand or more to disassemble the car to change everything to the "correct" color. It might be Wyoming red for all I know.
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Probably the original paint was cellulose (or synthetic cellulose) based. Lovely stuff - I miss the smell of cellulose thinners, but it sure was health-damaging, as well as bl%%dy dangerous!
 
Anthony!:
Thats a good show and that is Florida Green as was pointed out by others. The two cars shown are the owner's interpretation of the original colors.---Keoke
 
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