Nile Green?

[507VBH]

Hi,

My tatty series 2 has what I think is Nile Green panels and horncast. However it looks more blue-turquoise in most places. Does Nile Green end up looking bluish after 55 years? The inside of the panels is definitely greenish. If I use some rubbing compound will the outside of the panels turn more green?

Cheers!

[ToBoldlyGo]

Well, it won't do them any harm, so try it and see.

[Leotech]

That isn't Nile Green, Nile green is much more green.

My friend has a nile green Lambretta and he got the paint made up from a original tin of touch up he had in the glove box.

I have a photo but I can't do photos here.

[507VBH]

The inside is Nile Green as it matches the 8015 rattle can paint! People with better colour vision than I have reckon the paint is quite green in some places
I guess it has not faded evenly over the decades.

[Big Al]

The colour in your photo looks more like Flaminia Blue (8032).

You could try Lambretta Paints: http://www.lambretta-paints.co.uk/

You can email them from their website, and they will send you free paint sample swatches.

[Big Al]

The colour quoted by Vittorio Tessera is: 04T pastel Blue A (Suzuki), which you may already know.

The Dupont code is: K7920, and the Autocolours code is: GE29. Any good paint sprayshop should be able to mix up this paint for you.

I hope this helps.

[507VBH]

I've got a 8015 swatch from Lambretta paints and this is a pretty good match in most places in daylight. Under the fluorescent tubes in my garage it does look more blue as in the picture!

Cheers