Military Green Paint

[Levo-Lon]

Pop to a auto body shop and see if they will mix you a quarter litre..

 

[139NI]

Buy a new bike Will.....
It's about time you retired the green tank!

Ian..

semper fi, ole boy......!

I am a one bike person.

 

[ianrauk]

Ian..

semper fi, ole boy......!

I am a one bike person.

Which is commendable.. but c'mon... be good to yourself.. and get your wallet out..

 

[classic33]

I have a Montague Para bike and its colour is 'military green'.

I always only clean and pamper the moving parts and transmission only, going no further. Last night i put it in the shower and sprayed it with hot water.

It was rather satisfying to see all the gunge fall out of it [naturally i didnt use a lot of pressure esp at the bits where there are bearings] and after drying it, i noted the high number of chips in the paintwork.

I just wanted to ask if anyone knows where i can get a small pot of 'military green paint' which could be used for the bike without it corroding it or harming the metals in any way... Perhaps one of those 'Airfix' pots from model toyshops' -what do you all think?????

Also, is there a drawback with using a stream of hot water on your bike to clean it?

Cheers

w

What shade of "military green" do you want

 

[Piemaster]

Getting an exact match won't be easy, the paint will have faded a bit since it was first applied anyway.so any touch up may still stand out.
So how about just slapping on different colours randomly in a DPM style over the chips.

 

[steveindenmark]

Getting an exact match won't be easy, the paint will have faded a bit since it was first applied anyway.so any touch up may still stand out.
So how about just slapping on different colours randomly in a DPM style over the chips.

Even trying to match up paint on newish bikes is a job and half.

Piemaster I have just noticed your avtar. Was you a Zulu dancing girl in another life. Because that tattoo is on the tallest, slimmest neck I have seen in a long while.

 

[ianrauk]

@139NI paint the whole bike pink.. would look very niiiiiiiice.

 

[Piemaster]

Piemaster I have just noticed your avtar. Was you a Zulu dancing girl in another life. Because that tattoo is on the tallest, slimmest neck I have seen in a long while.

LOL.
Sorry to disappoint, it's my leg!

 

[Pikey]

Pop to halfords and look for there camo paint they do a nice matt army green, its not with the car paints its by the fluro stuff ect its excellent stuff

+ 1 for this, I've used it on a couple of guns, proper matt finish and quite tough.

 

[S.Giles]

If you're at all artistic, you could mix the right colour from a few different Airfix/Humbrol stock colours. It may not be necessary to get the exact tint - it just has to be good enough not to draw the eye.

I fondly remember the 'olive drab' colour mentioned above from my Airfix model building days!

 

[ianrauk]

^^^ that plane actually looks like @139NI 's bike.....

 

[Pale Rider]

The bike is a Para, so buy some yellow and brown paint and do a camouflage job on it.

 

[Piemaster]

Why am I now looking at sites selling Paras and thinking 'It folds. It would be a lot easier to sneak into the house with anyone (my wife) finding out'

 

[Gravity Aided]

Because you need a para. Those Montague are nice. A guy at work commutes on one every day. Quite sturdy and attractive folders.