Post by cusqueno on Nov 5, 2015 13:50:19 GMT
There has been a recent question about the colour of a Viscount, so I thought it might be useful to start a thread about the original finishes.
To kick off, I unearthed this information from an old e-mail from Busaste (Steve):
Viscount powder coated their frames so they must have used an off the shelf paint. I know this for certain with the VA Sport so it is very unlikely - especially given the cost constraints that the company operated under - that a non-standard paint was used for the Pro. With this in mind it might be worth looking at the following RAL colour chart:
(web page no longer available)
The silver VA Pro frame colour looks suspiciously like RAL 7035 (Steve gave another link, again now u/s)
...and these earlier BS colour charts:
www.colour-coatings.co.uk/bs4800.html
www.colour-coatings.co.uk/bs381c.html
If you do go for a fresh powder coat it is worth considering a final clear coat (Viscount used one). It transforms the paint finish and its durability (you can't polish powder coating, its weird stuff!). BUT powder coaters seem to struggle with clear coating. I've had a couple of frames recoated because the clear coat reacted with the paint. None of my local powder coaters are up to it!!!!!
Steve also said that the red on Aerospace frames was Ruby Red - RAL 3003.
To kick off, I unearthed this information from an old e-mail from Busaste (Steve):
Viscount powder coated their frames so they must have used an off the shelf paint. I know this for certain with the VA Sport so it is very unlikely - especially given the cost constraints that the company operated under - that a non-standard paint was used for the Pro. With this in mind it might be worth looking at the following RAL colour chart:
(web page no longer available)
The silver VA Pro frame colour looks suspiciously like RAL 7035 (Steve gave another link, again now u/s)
...and these earlier BS colour charts:
www.colour-coatings.co.uk/bs4800.html
www.colour-coatings.co.uk/bs381c.html
If you do go for a fresh powder coat it is worth considering a final clear coat (Viscount used one). It transforms the paint finish and its durability (you can't polish powder coating, its weird stuff!). BUT powder coaters seem to struggle with clear coating. I've had a couple of frames recoated because the clear coat reacted with the paint. None of my local powder coaters are up to it!!!!!
Steve also said that the red on Aerospace frames was Ruby Red - RAL 3003.
