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When Dave and I were planning the rebuild of my '74 Pattern, we got deep into the paint choices.

We agreed the top coat was going to be 'green', and what was underneath was less important. He had some high-build two-part epoxy light brown primer from work that was leftover from a customer contract. That deal included date stamped materials provided by the customer, and when the job was delivered, they didn't want the primer back. It was just getting old in the paint locker. Lucky for us, but he said it was a brute to apply and he had to find some huge aperture paint nozzle for his spray gun. When applied the man has to work with a purpose because it can cure in the gun. The medium fills tiny sanding swirls and grinding imperfections. I'm happy.

The underneath is black antirust paint and paintable rubberized undercoating. Not factory specification, but the old expression applies, 'they don't make'em like they used to'. Unprotected steel and moisture will rust over in a heartbeat. We chose black because there was a lot available and less than half the price of green. And, unless someone is looking closely, they'd never notice the colour change.

My go-to green paint is green ultra flat spray cans from Canadian Tire. Since the shutdowns there are fewer places selling the Krylon camouflage product line. And I get a few cans whenever I see it.