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

{| cellpadding ="4"
! 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

{| cellpadding ="4"
! BAC !! Blend-a-Color !! OZ !! 32 !! 64 !! 128
|-
| W1 || White || - || 31 || - || - 
|-
| B1 || Black || - || 19 || - || -
|-
| G2 || New Green || - || 4 || - || -
|-
| N1 || Raw Umber || -  || 24 || 1 || - 
|}

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