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Roy

CJ

I faced the same problem when repainting parts of my Viceroy lathe a couple of years ago. The light blue shade of Hammerite had not been on the palette for decades.

I found this substitute on Ebay ( I can't do links, photos etc.) Try searching for "blue hammer finish metal paint" in the "Home furniture & DIY" section. The product should show up being sold by mdabitec.

I can't vouch for the product as, during my searching, one of those suggestion adverts revealed a dealer selling off small tins of original light blue Hammerite destined for the German market. I knew.it had to be old but took a gamble as it was cheaper than a 1 litre tin and would definately be the right shade. as I had no intention of repainting the whole lathe. My gamble paid off .

Try **LINK** I have some hammer paint that I bought from them when they were Crosbie Coatings Ltd many years ago. I looks to be almost identical to your picture. Whether they still do hammer finish paint I am not sure but an email will soon confirm it. I think back then they only sold it in 5, 25 or 200litre drums. 

Called  Flanders Blue.  part number 630-009

I still have 2 x 5ltr cans. I will do some colour swatches and add to my album.

regards

Edited By Oldiron on 07/02/2018 13:50:41

It's not the same formulation any more.

It would be good to know how well the new version works.

Strange how we value it as a traditional finish for British Made Tools, given that its purpose is to pretty up poorly finished surfaces

Neil