Paint colour matching for cab repaint - paragon

[AlanJ]

May as well go the whole hog on my Paragon (having ordered a new pf), so ordered a stencil kit to redo the cab as it's badly faded.

How do I figure out what the original paint colours were and how/where can I get the right type of spray paint made up in the correct colours?

thanks in advance.

Alan.

 

[ronsplooter]

@AlanJ if you've ordered your stencils from Pinball Pimp in the US then I think he supplies info on paint codes with the kit. Not 100% sure on this though so maybe someone whose used them before can comment @new forest pinball @Matt Adams might know?

 

[AlanJ]

yes i’ve ordered from him. i asked him via email about colour matching. he said “just get it as close as you can” [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[new forest pinball]

Hi Alan,
Excellent decision. You will not regret it!
Jeff (Pinball pimp, uses A compressor these days . .he only gives basic colour descriptions and in which order, for paragon the instructions for paint will be yellow 1st, red 2nd, blue 3rd. That’s it) (For paragon exact match to original that’s apple red in rustoleom 2x).
We at New Forest have done two paragons. First thing to note if you want it original, four coloured paints are required in addition to the primer. (Namely, red, yellow, blue and gold). Gold is for the splashed effect finish.
Depends on how particular you are to keep it looking original. Although all paragons look peach, that was originally red!!
This is what we did for our two customers.
Customer no.1) He wanted it close to original as possible. So we used the following paints. For the red. Rustoleom painters touch multi-purpose gloss finish apple red. (This is hard to find so hycote engine enamel gloss red is a very good option.). For the yellow. Rustoleom painters touch multi purpose gloss marigold. For the blue.rustoleom painters touch multi purpose gloss finish navy blue. Then for the gold splatters paint factory metallic shimmering gloss gold.
Customer no.2) same as above but we substituted the apple red with rustoleom painters touch multi purpose gloss finish cherry red.(this is a darker more vibrant red which we preferred but not as original).
Got no apple red or hycote red left currently but here is a picture of the others used..hope it helps.....but if it’s a machine you intend to keep don’t necessarily get hung up on originality go for what you prefer personally..you might be surprised by the end results!......
Cheers Keef......

 

[AlanJ]

Thanks Keef! That is really useful. Looked at the Cherry red. This is my keeper forever machine, so its to suit me.

How do you apply the gold splatter effect?

 

[new forest pinball]

The most effective ways we have found is the “toothbrush technique “. And the flick of an artists brush....You simply apply paint to the toothbrush then run your fingers(with vinyl gloves on) or run the shaft of an artists brush over the bristles with the toothbrush upside down and it flicks fine specks of paint. Practice this on paper first as the amount of paint applied to the toothbrush is paramount.
If you put to much on it will drip big blobs on your newly stencilled cabinet or splash huge amounts in one area. Once you have gotten into the swing of it hold the toothbrush With bristles facing toward the cabinet instead of up from the cabinet, this is a much faster way of completing the job but don’t get impatient and use to much paint on the toothbrush or again, you will just drop giant blobs on the cabinet.
Or method two, practice first , but just flicking an artists brush with a little gold paint on it is pretty effective. Try both and see which one you get along with....be warned expect to look a bit like gold finger when you have finished! K.