Hi All,
A mate recently gave our daughter his old 250 MZ motorbike (that was mine before him) that he had hand painted in some green NATO type satin paint. [1]
We needed to paint some additional bits and he's given me the 25l drum to 'take what I want'.
I bought a couple of 5l paint tins and went to transfer some over earlier today. The lid had delaminated but luckily the skin on the 'paint' was so thick you could walk on it so I was able to remove any debris before removing the skin.
What was underneath looked like (translucent brown) and had the consistency of treacle and I had to stir it with a metre of steel reinforcing rod to be able to get the pigment back into it!
It just says 'Green oxide' on the lid, smells an looks a bit like Hammerite and 'strings' similarly as Hammerite does when cold or needing some thinning.
So, does 'green oxide' tell us all we need to know (so I would know what to thin it with etc) or will I need to do some experimentation do you think please?
Cheers, T i m
[1] She loves it like that!