Christopher Mikesell
Member
I am going to paint a Case SC with SherKem enamel, and have already bought 3 gallons of an orange which seemed to match the original color (Flambeau Red). I used the SherKem color selector chart to match the paint chips with several original samples, in various light conditions, and it seemed to match very closely. However, the paint chips on the cans seem to be too light.
The labels on the cans seem to display the formula for the color as a mixture of a stock red, a stock gold, and white. Therefore, I got out the Testors model paints and began mixing. I found that I could get both the color I wanted and the color on top of the cans, and the difference seemed to be the white. It only seemed to take a touch of white and red, and a lot of gold.
Unfortunately, I can't remove the white from the paint. However, I think that I can add more untinted "pure color" (just the gold and red mixed in the same ratio as indicated on the cans) to the mix. Is this a valid approach, or will I have to buy a whole lot of "pure color" to get it to untint, since there us so little white in the original mix? I don't really want to buy 6 gallons of paint in order to correct an issue with 3 gallons of paint.
The labels on the cans seem to display the formula for the color as a mixture of a stock red, a stock gold, and white. Therefore, I got out the Testors model paints and began mixing. I found that I could get both the color I wanted and the color on top of the cans, and the difference seemed to be the white. It only seemed to take a touch of white and red, and a lot of gold.
Unfortunately, I can't remove the white from the paint. However, I think that I can add more untinted "pure color" (just the gold and red mixed in the same ratio as indicated on the cans) to the mix. Is this a valid approach, or will I have to buy a whole lot of "pure color" to get it to untint, since there us so little white in the original mix? I don't really want to buy 6 gallons of paint in order to correct an issue with 3 gallons of paint.