OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Paint and Decals SCOTT BONNAR - Model 45 Paint #2

Hi Guys,

I'm onto a lead with Wattyl which acquired Solver Paints some years back now. On the books there is no record of Scott Bonnar but I spent some time on the phone with a chap that was actually interested in helping me do some back tracking and he seems to have possibly found the mid to late 1970's Hammertone green in his olden day Solver colour chart and suspects it to be called "Apple Green" which was probably based around Jonathan apples which are a very similar colour to the SB's that sported the transparent decal on the catcher. I'm going down to their Kilburn lab next week with a clean chain cover and see how close we are on that front. As I've previously mentioned I couldn't see SB sourcing paint from interstate when there were 2 local paint manufacturers just down the road from Holland Street, Southwark (now Thebarton) and I feel the answer has to lie with Solver or Dulux as Croda Industrial Finishes didn't arrive in Australia until 1968, Taubmans and Wattyl (as they were then) weren't locals, that leaves Berger and British Paints which also weren't locally based. British paints weren't into Industrial stuff either, just Rolf Harris promoting their house paint as we all recall I'm sure.

Anyway I'll see how I go with Wattyl's chemists next week and report back

I guess there's another alternative and that is to gather the 4 or 5 if including Rovers Kermit colour original examples from chain guard insides of the various era machines and get Wattyl to colour match each of them and record them so that we as a group can promote the colours for restoration usage and they will always have the colours on file and sell. I can't see a breach of Copyright here as the company no longer exists and after 10 years I think its defunct anyway.

How do think that line of thinking goes ?

Cheers,
BB

also,

Hi Rolla16v,

2K colours can be transposed over to other formats of paint. That's been done for years now with all the different types of paints that have been developed over the years.
Honestly though I can't see any advantages of going to 2K over standard Hammertone enamels, the only thing I can see is a drastic increase in cost as 2K is way over the top in price point, just ask most Crash Repairers (Smash Repairers if you're in Sydney)about how the paint companies are ripping them blind with over $100 a litre.