Sorry, I've been offline for a bit..........the weather finally got nice and I've been spending as much time outside as I can, away from cell phones and computers.
I'll respond to your question later tonight, when I got some time. I also need to look at all the posts I've missed lately and see what's going on in the M37 world.
I have been repainting a lot of our vehicles at our museum. This link might help you as id did me, it shows the federal standard codes. Numbers starting with 3 are flat, 2 semigloss. Look at all the colors even though you are looking for a semigloss, look in the flat paints, you can then look up the code for semigloss by changing the first number in the sequence. Hope it helps.
Thanks for the link...........I'm anxious to hear which color you picked!
For the rest of you guys following this thread.......it's fall in Maryland, my favorite time of year, and I spend as little time inside as I can. So I'll get back to hitting this thread hard as soon as it gets cold.
Thank you for this post!!
SO! what color did you finally use?
I have a darker green under my 1962 M37 actual paint. None of the ones you have on the test door.
Ronnie
Kinda who knows what color paints were used by the motor pool, perhaps several gallons of this and that were dumped together to just use it up. As time went by, these trucks were passed down to other units, and painted with whatever was left over in supply. My '52 Truck was originally the flat olive drab, and when I got it it was pretty weathered. So I used the Gillespie semi-gloss -047 paint, the Vietnam era paint. I think the non-flat paints protect the metal better, and mine is easy to wash off, since it lives parked on my driveway under some trees. I thinned with xylene, and used my HVLP set-up. Someone gave me a dozen spray cans of the same, and I use that for small projects and touch ups. I did not use an epoxy primer for my truck's frame and such, just Rustoleum red primer, then the Gillespie. I did prep any bare metal or rust with Ospho, a rust converter. If you want a whole selection of anti-rust and prep agents, look at what KBS Coating has. For inside doors and under my dash I used their Cavity Coater, a wax based spray. Rick at MIlStencils has any decal or stencils for numbers and such. I put my white door Stars up a few inches from center, otherwise I think if centered they just look a bit low. All the best. HC
[quote="outsider"]Bob, My M37 is painted is Gillespie's semi-gloss od. Which I believe is the color you are referring to. You can see a picture of it in the registry.
what color is this one?.: It's not the same as above. I believe this is the color I have under my paint. 1962 M37
So a few things:
w30bob hasn't been on line since 2017 (if you are logged in you can click any user name to see when they were last on line). Since this post is so old and Bob hasn't been on line you'll likely not be receiving a response;
I think Hal was referencing the Nam-era Gillespie 24087 shade in his post;
And Ronnie, the lower photo you posted looks to me like the earlier Gillespie 23050 that was used pre-Nam.
Mine is Gillespie 24087-look at the bed in my photo from eBay Summer Nights 2018 (the Crawlers and Haulers trophy winner)
Gary
Gary I have a doubt that maybe you ar someone else can help me here.
when you guys refers to Gillespie what is that? a paint brand like 3M or Dupont?
I could not find that as a brand in Google.
and a second question would be If there is a color in Dupont matching the Gillespie 23050
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