RE: (erielack) Mismatched EL HO Train

["Tupaczewski, Paul R \(Paul\)" <paultup_@_alcatel-lucent.com>]

> Plus... Have any of you ever mixed paint?
> 
> I used to work for Castle Auto Body Supply, I am thinking 
> around 191 Blackwell, in Dover and I think they are now finish master.
> 
> At that time paints were mixed according to formula by volume 
> and it was nowhere near an exact science.  Now it is done by 
> weight on a digital scale and the color matches are much more exact.
> 
> But back then you could have a guy mix 10 gallons of the 
> stuff in a row and no two gallon cans of the finished product 
> would be exactly the same.  On top of that different temp 
> when they were painted would require different temp 
> thinners/reducers and that would affect the color as well. I 
> am sure any difference in paint color would be noticeable to 
> the eye as the train went by.  The only thing that would be 
> out of character is if it matched exactly.
> 
> George

Good points, George.

Of course, there's also the fact that the EL switched to polyurethane
paints around 1972 (from both Dupont and Sherwin-Williams) and the
colors "intensified" (for lack of a better description).

	- Paul

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