Champion pillar drill painting

[Tanglefoot20]

Good evening

I have just received an old champion no2 pillar drill....it really needs a clean up and paint...
I am wondering if I should or could paint it with smooth black hammerite....
It is the old grey colour and I think it’s been washed over with some sort of other grey...
Any ideas would be good to hear...

Steve

 

[TFrench]

Personally I'm not a fan of hammerite, its expensive and hard to get a good finish with it. I tend to use paragon paints enamels if I want a specific colour, or my local agricultural merchant if a "near enough" tractor colour will do!

 

[Inspector]

Personally not a fan of black machines or cabinets in a shop. I prefer lighter colours or something like 707 grey.

https://www.e-paint.co.uk/Lab_value... 595A&cRef=16515&cDescription=Boeing gray 707
Pete

 

[sometimewoodworker]

Personally I'm not a fan of hammerite, its expensive and hard to get a good finish with it.

my experience is the opposite I have never got a bad finish and it’s the most durable paint I’ve ever used, I have items in reasonably constant use that were painted 50 years ago.

 

[Tanglefoot20]

Personally I'm not a fan of hammerite, its expensive and hard to get a good finish with it. I tend to use paragon paints enamels if I want a specific colour, or my local agricultural merchant if a "near enough" tractor colour will do!

Thanks for the reply....

I have looked at the Paragon machine colours range....very nice too. It’s just a shame they don’t do 500ml tins...I don’t fancy wasting loads of paint. The drill is not very big.....but being ex RR engineer I find it interesting....

Steve

 

[Bm101]

What's that you say? 500ml?
https://craftmaster.myshopify.com/search?q=machinary
I painted my drill with it and was really impressed with the 3 part system. You need the right colour undercoat so check.