Paint Colors - Atlas Press Co.
Modified on 2020/07/31 21:25 by Jeff Joslin — Categorized as: Restoration Topics
Atlas paint color
I am restoring an Atlas 6001 jointer, approximately from 1960 or so. It is grey-ish. I brought a clean piece to my local Sherwin Williams, and here's the forumla they came up with:
Base: Industrial Enamel Ultra Deep Base 1 Gallon B54T104
BAC
Blend-a-Color
OZ
32
64
128
W1
White
4
20
-
-
B1
Black
2
18
-
-
G2
New Green
-
8
1
-
N1
Raw Umber
2
5
-
1
Y3
Deep Gold
-
11
1
1
Looks like a pretty good match. I have not used it yet, but on the sample piece I brought in, they painted a small part and I had a hard time trying to find where the new paint was.
Contributor Don Hayes reports an early 1950s new-old-stock Atlas shaper that had some pristine paint that was color-matched. The result was close but not exact. For one quart of Sherwin-Williams All Surface Enamel Oil Base Gloss paint, the numbers are
BAC
Blend-a-Color
OZ
32
64
128
W1
White
-
31
-
-
B1
Black
-
19
-
-
G2
New Green
-
4
-
-
N1
Raw Umber
-
24
1
-