Humbrol Paint

Humbrol Paint

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25 January 2017 at 14:46 #280084
keith wedgwood
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we use to use humbrol enamel for painting 2 stroke exhausts to protect them from road salt it would smell till it cured but was resiliant enough for the job at hand
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25 January 2017 at 16:29 #280104
Andrew Tinsley
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I use Paragon paints which are the type of paints that would have been used on Traction engines etc. Good stuff and their UV clear makes the paint shine!

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26 January 2017 at 15:14 #280327
mechman48
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I didn't like the 'Olive / Brunswick green that Stuarts provided for my engines so, to paraphrase what Maurice said 'use whatever you like, I did, still on the green theme…

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