22 Mar
2019
22 Mar
'19
5:26 a.m.
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans that are a close matchto the colors
that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember seeing
touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond colorof VT100's,
DECservers, etc.
Brian
22 Mar
22 Mar
5:52 a.m.
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Subject: Matching paint on DEC monitors, cases and cabinets
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans that are a close
matchto the colors that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember
seeing touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond
colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
I have just had a can of spray paint made to match some new kitchen cupboards.
They had ventilation grills inserted to provide airflow to a gas boiler and they now match
the doors.
Many car paint shops in the UK can do this.
Dave
9:18 a.m.
I did check with an auto body supply shop and they said they could get a close match with
paint to spray from a gun. I was hoping somebody may have found an off the shelf spray can
that was close.
On Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:52:58 AM EDT, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
wrote:
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Subject: Matching paint on DEC monitors, cases and cabinets
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans that are a close
matchto the colors that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember
seeing touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond
colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
I have just had a can of spray paint made to match some new kitchen cupboards.
They had ventilation grills inserted to provide airflow to a gas boiler and they now match
the doors.
Many car paint shops in the UK can do this.
Dave
11:49 a.m.
On 2019-03-22 12:18 p.m., Brian Roth via cctalk wrote:
I did check with an auto body supply shop and they said they could get a close match with
paint to spray from a gun. I was hoping somebody may have found an off the shelf spray can
that was close.
On Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:52:58 AM EDT, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
wrote:
I've seen some auto body supply shops that have teh capability to take
a custom mixed paint and inject it into an aerosol spray can. This was
years ago, however, and environmental regulations may have eliminated
that option.
Stan
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Subject: Matching paint on DEC monitors, cases and cabinets
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans that are a close
matchto the colors that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember
seeing touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond
colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
I have just had a can of spray paint made to match some new kitchen cupboards.
They had ventilation grills inserted to provide airflow to a gas boiler and they now
match the doors.
Many car paint shops in the UK can do this.
Dave
12:10 p.m.
On 3/22/19 2:49 PM, stan via cctalk wrote:
On 2019-03-22 12:18 p.m., Brian Roth via cctalk wrote:
Check out :
https://preval.com/
All you need then is someone who can mix your color. And I would
expect any place that sells bulk automotive paint can do that. The
last time I bought any (for a car, not a computer) you had to buy a
minimum of a quart. That's not much and, at least 15 years ago, it
was not particularly expensive.
bill
I did check with an auto body supply shop and
they said they could get
a close match with paint to spray from a gun. I was hoping somebody
may have found an off the shelf spray can that was close.
???? On Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:52:58 AM EDT, Dave Wade
<dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
I've seen some auto body supply shops that have? teh capability to take
a custom? mixed paint and inject? it into an aerosol spray can. This was
years ago,? however,? and environmental regulations may have eliminated
that option. 
7:25 p.m.
On 3/22/19 2:49 PM, stan via cctalk wrote:
>
> I've seen some auto body supply shops that have teh capability to take
> a custom mixed paint and inject it into an aerosol spray can.
Some years ago
there was an outfit that sold re-fillable
aerosol cans. They had a Schraeder tire valve on them and a
screw-on cap to pour the paint in. it was kind of like a
miniature compressed-air paint sprayer that carried its own
air supply.
I have no idea if these are still available.
Jon
4:23 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:26 AM Brian Roth via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans
that are a close
matchto the colors that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember seeing
touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond
colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
On the topic of DEC colors, FWIW,
A few years ago I took DEC STD 092 and attempted to converted the colors to
RGB. You can take the conversions with a grain of salt, but the Color
Specifications are from the standard.
http://www.chdickman.com/pdp8/DECcolors/
5:26 p.m.
On Mar 22, 2019, at 7:23 PM, Charles Dickman via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 8:26 AM Brian Roth via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Nice.
What would also be interesting is a mapping from those obscure color specifications to
Pantone color numbers. That probably would address those "out of gamut" colors,
for one thing.
paul
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray
cans that are a close
matchto the colors that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember seeing
touch up colors mentioned in the past. Specifically the ivory/almond
colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
On the topic of DEC colors, FWIW,
A few years ago I took DEC STD 092 and attempted to converted the colors to
RGB. You can take the conversions with a grain of salt, but the Color
Specifications are from the standard.
http://www.chdickman.com/pdp8/DECcolors/ 
24 Mar
24 Mar
4:29 p.m.
Try hardware stores - I believe Bunnings here (in Australia - may not exist where you are)
can colour match from a part of a thing and then prepared an aerosol can of that colour.
Kevin Parker
0418 815 527
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Subject: Matching paint on DEC monitors, cases and cabinets
Has anyone ever found a source for aerosol spray cans that are a close matchto the colors
that DEC used on their cases and such? I remember seeing touch up colors mentioned in the
past. Specifically the ivory/almond colorof VT100's, DECservers, etc.
Brian
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