Paint color of 10EE

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gjrepesh

Cast Iron

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Royse City, TX

• May 16, 2003

• #1

Does anyone have the paint color or code for a 1966 10EE. Mine looks to have been some shade of gray until powers to be decided a brown and beige combo suited their tastes better. I want something close to original.

Thanks.

 

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JimK

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Berkeley Springs, WV, USA

• May 16, 2003

• #2

When those things went into the government they were just machine tool gray (I think 7B) but even if that is a good number I think it is obsolete. NASA has Monarch EE's in "Vista Green" which was a standard option with many machine tool makers.

I have seen them in pure white and I think they were factory paint jobs.

 

rke[pler

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Peralta, NM USA

• May 16, 2003

• #3

How about this factory paint job?

[This message has been edited by rke[pler (edited 05-16-2003).]

 

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gjrepesh

Cast Iron

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Royse City, TX

• May 17, 2003

• #4

I've seen that picture before. Blue is not bad. Actually it look great. I think I'll stick with some shade of gray, though.

 

peterh5322

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Monterey Bay, California

• May 19, 2003

• #5

"Monarch Maroon", as seen in the latest literature, is pretty bad, too.

I'd stick with a medium tool gray, and probably have a specialist paint it using IMRON or another catalyzed coating.

IMRON seems to last a million miles or so on diesel locomotives.

 

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bob

Titanium

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Regina, Canada

• May 19, 2003

• #6

The only real reason to use catalyzed paint is that it hardens faster than conventional enamel but in a couple of months there isn't much difference. So save your money. The next one I paint is going to get industrial latex.
Tough as hell and no killer fumes!!!
Bob

 

peterh5322

Diamond

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Monterey Bay, California

• May 19, 2003

• #7

Specifically, which industrial latex (brand and catalog number)?

Can/will they match a sample?

 

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JimK

Diamond

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Berkeley Springs, WV, USA

• May 21, 2003

• #8

Blue Monarch EE

I am in Love

 

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220swift

Stainless

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Oct 19, 2004

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Montana

• Apr 12, 2020

• #9

I like blue and it covers nice.

 

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Archer120x

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Davis Junction, Illinois

• Apr 12, 2020

• #10

The paint color should be whatever came on it already. No time to paint if you are making chips.