Regarding Jet White paint

[ken carroll]

This forum and others has recommended either Rustoleum gloss canvas white or Krylon Gloss Ivory. I bought them both and can say that the Rustoleum is too dark and the Krylon is too yellow compared with Stock. I'm not sure if Jet white varies amongst tools or vintage, but both my band saws are within a few years of each other and both are identical in color.

I don't think much can be done with the Krylon since it's a rattle can, but I may buy some Rustoleum gloss white and try various mix ratios with the canvas.

[Frederick Skelly]

Just a quick idea - have you considered taking a part (door, etc) over to a paint store (home or auto) and having it color matched? I did that once with a machine and it worked pretty well, actually. Perhaps you could make it work for your big bandsaws.

Fred

[Robert Engel]

I used Rustoleum Appliance Ivory to repaint the fence rails. It was close enough for me.
Guess you could call Jet.

None of my business, but is there a reason why it has to be a perfect match?

[Brian Tymchak]

Guess you could call Jet.

^^^^^ I've read in other forums that you can get paint directly from Jet.

[Erik Loza]

Just a quick idea - have you considered taking a part (door, etc) over to a paint store (home or auto) and having it color matched?...

+1 ^^^^

Back in the Minimax USA/Texas days, we had a local auto body shop mix some touch-up paint for us from a sample we gave them. It was perfect, and I mean PERFECT. But, we were touching up numerous machines at a time so financially, it made sense to pay them to mix it for us. No clue what the actual cost was but it wad the best color match I've ever seen. You literally could not tell.

Erik

[ken carroll]

You guys are right, an auto jobber would be the sensible thing to do, but I've ordered a quart of gloss white rustoleum off amazon, and am going to experiment with various mixes. Should be able to get it close enough for a blend into the original paint with a gun. Should be able to reduce the rustoleum with acetone.

I want a good match (don't need perfect) because I have quite a bit of this jwbs-18 to spray now that I've welded in a couple box sections into the upper wheel house. At some point I'll update the other "improving the jwbs-18" thread, but I am distracted by renovating an Ellis horizontal metal cutting bandsaw at the moment.

[Frederick Skelly]

Good luck Ken! Look forward to seeing an update on those bandsaws.
Fre

[Dwight Rutherford]

I've used this for a good match.

[Don Jarvie]

If you got the quart and are using a gun it may be worth painting the whole machine.