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Post by tortuga on Jul 26, 2010 19:17:45 GMT -5
I am restoring some old lapidary equipment, and among my equipment is an old Star Diamond 10" saw. Currently it is a combination of green and brown, so I'm not sure what the original equipment color they used is.
What I'm hoping for:
a good picture of some clean original star diamond paint
OR if possible a colormatch formula of the original paint color... i.e. if someone has a part they can take to a Lowe's for a paint colormatch, they can tell you the paint formula that they would use to recreate that color.
I know the colormatch thing is a stretch, but if someone could at least let me know what color this thing was originally it would be a good starting point!
Thanks!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2010 19:53:21 GMT -5
I just gave away an old Star Diamond 10". The original color was green, And as chance would have it, when I restored it, I painted it brown. Don
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Post by tortuga on Jul 26, 2010 20:12:57 GMT -5
hah. looks like great minds think alike huh? i've been going at it with gojo and other degreasers and a wire brush trying to figure out what color it was originally. i'm starting to think, based on some cleaner spaces under the arbor attachment that it might be a color pretty close to lortone blue. the sides look covington green but that could be the brown rock snot chemically mating with the blue?
sheesh... and to think i used to enjoy the whole restoration process! time to slap this baby with some paint thinner and start over from bare metal!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 26, 2010 20:35:35 GMT -5
As I remember, the color was just a shade darker than Covington green. When I first bought mine, Star Diamond was still in business, and I was able to buy a new weight feed vise for it. There was just a smooth bolt for the weight cord to feed over. I replaced it with a small pulley, like the ones they use on the bottom of sliding glass patio doors. It worked great. Don
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Post by johnjsgems on Jul 26, 2010 23:14:21 GMT -5
If I remember right, my Star Diamond 6" saw was blue with a gold table. The blue was more of a metallic than Lortone baby blue. Too many years`ago to remember for sure.
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Jul 27, 2010 1:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by tortuga on Jul 27, 2010 8:57:27 GMT -5
excellent! thanks Scott. That blue looks close to the current lortone colors and was what came through on the bottom after some scrubbing. i think the 2nd pic from bottom is the exact saw I have. Doubt I'll ever get the hood that clear again though
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 27, 2010 9:18:40 GMT -5
For the hood, you might try one of the kits they have in auto parts stores for buffing out those plastic headlight covers. The hood on my 10" Covington is kind of yellow with age too. When I bought my Star Diamond saw back in the 80's, I was the second or third owner. It could be that one of the owners had repainted it green. Thinking back, I do seem to remember seeing a small patch of blue on it. Don
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Post by captbob on Jul 27, 2010 21:48:52 GMT -5
Here is an old SD vibe that I sold to someone here. This pic has the most of the original blue showing...
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Post by quartz on Jul 31, 2010 9:41:59 GMT -5
We have a Star Diamond arbor machine w/original paint, blue with gold top. I built a new light mount for it, and found Martin Senour blue paint at NAPA that matched nearly exactly. Part number 78-4791 for a 4.75 oz. fizzle can. It is a Ford color, called "medium blue poly". I remember Cadillacs and Chev. suburbans having an off-gold color. Talk to your local auto paint supplier.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Aug 3, 2010 12:16:27 GMT -5
FWIW: Scott's pics look exactly like my saw.
Chuck
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