Khaki Green #3 paint colour

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Lynn Eades
anything but gloss paint is basically porous and will let the moisture in to the metal. The old paint was full of lead which protected the steel.

Lynn,

Good point.....I learnt this years ago and always use a gloss as undercoat as a barrier to stop the damp getting through. If doing OD or similar, I would use Deep Bronze Green which is reasonably priced here and does not show too much if the top coat gets chipped or rubbed.

When the British Army went to IRR green, all new vehicles and equipment was not permitted to have gloss paint underneath, this being because it would show up with infra red equipment. Downpoint on this was the lack of metal protection and rust was soon developing.

Richard