Orange undercoat

[HUntsville Matt]

Hi,

I'm new to the forum - I'm part of the group in Huntsville Ontario that are restoring the local Legion chapter's carrier after many years of neglect.

Can anyone offer any insight or background about the orange paint used throughout the engine compartment in Canadian built carriers, or is it just the vehicle we happen to have?

Any historic info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Matt

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by HUntsville Matt

Hi,

I'm new to the forum - I'm part of the group in Huntsville Ontario that are restoring the local Legion chapter's carrier after many years of neglect.

Can anyone offer any insight or background about the orange paint used throughout the engine compartment in Canadian built carriers, or is it just the vehicle we happen to have?

Any historic info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Matt

What you may be looking at is weathered or sun bleached red oxide primer which tends to turn orange with age and weathering..OR It may be the Great Pumpkin..of Charlie Brown fame...!!
Did it come out of a pumpkin patch...????

[HUntsville Matt]

Alex,
Thanks for the suggestion. I wondered about oxidization myself, but wasn't sure if primer would change colour that much. But, after 65 years, who knows?

[Jordan Baker]

A number of carrier parts I have striped the paint off seem to have used a grey primer from the factory. I can't say if this was used 100% of the time. Although on my resto I have mostly used the oxide red.

[HUntsville Matt]

Thanks Jordan.

[Jared Archibald]

G'day Matt,

I am in northern Australia and have a project Local Pattern No.1 (LP1) carrier that was built in 1940 at the Victorian Railway Workshops.

This carrier has no original paint left, but whenever you remove a panel or bracket from the position it has been in for 70 years you find a orangy-red layer that has been applied before the pieces were bolted together at the factory. I have been told that this is "red lead" but I don't really know much about it. Any one out there know - I assume it was used when putting steam locomotives together also as an anti seize/anti corrosion layer between metal parts.

I assume from your post that yours has the orange coating everywhere, not just underneath/between parts so it is probably not the same stuff, but I thought I would mention it anyway.

Jared