Hi from South West Scotland

[Chris400F]

Welcome from me too.
I like the 350/4 and that is a nice green, especially when caught in sunlight.
I always liked the Ilex Green as used on G5 models too, but not so keen on the lighter greens such as the candy jade green of the 500.
Ah well, personal taste, each to their own ....
As for new posts I'd go for the CB350/400 section unless it's a really general query; someone will always spot your post!

[philward]

Welcome to the forum - as per previous comments, great set of folk on here - really helpful, knowledgable and friendly. Enjoy!
Great bike by the way
Phil

[royhall]

Hi and welcome to the forum. Always good to see another green CB350F on here. Rebuilt mine a while ago and did a restoration thread that starts here   http://www.sohc.co.uk/index.php/topic,8257.0.html     May be of some use to you. Cheers.

[Doonhamer]

Thanks everyone for the positive and friendly comments.

My painter has asked me for the paint code for Candy Bacchus Olive. Is it possible to get it somewhere or is there a recipe for that colour that he can use?

Also, the tank on my bike is 2 different colours, it's darker in the area inside the graphic. Just wondering if the dark area is the correct colour and the lighter parts have faded.

[royhall]

Its a Candy colour that cant be got in a tin. The colour is built up using a base colour coat then darkened with subsequent layers of top coat. Its an expensive highly skilled job. Best contact Menno on here, he's an expert. Your colour will fade to blue, so if you see a blue tint in the paint that's the base colour showing through.

[Chris400F]

Just been looking at Roy's build thread again.
Details of the painter he used are on page 8 of the thread, but I don't know if he ever discovered whether the paint used was metallic or candy.
Looks stunning though ...

[royhall]

It was a light metallic over a colour base coat (candy-ish) that replicated the original pretty well, but was considerably cheaper. I had a NOS headlamp ear that he matched the paint to, on taking it outside it was very hard to tell the difference. He painted the whole lot (tank, 2 side panels, headlamp ears, fork shrouds, headlight) plus a few black parts for £380, including fitting my decals and clear-coating all the green. The budget simply wouldn't run to candy. You would need to be very familiar with old Honda's to spot the difference. I am very pleased with it.

[Doonhamer]

It was a light metallic over a colour base coat (candy-ish) that replicated the original pretty well, but was considerably cheaper. I had a NOS headlamp ear that he matched the paint to, on taking it outside it was very hard to tell the difference. He painted the whole lot (tank, 2 side panels, headlamp ears, fork shrouds, headlight) plus a few black parts for £380, including fitting my decals and clear-coating all the green. The budget simply wouldn't run to candy. You would need to be very familiar with old Honda's to spot the difference. I am very pleased with it.

I'm going down a similar route Roy, my painter has quoted £400 for the same job. Having read Menno's article on Candy paints, the cost plus the difficulty and expense of having any future repairs done has scared me off. Hopefully I'll be as happy as you with end result.

Great thread on the rebuild BTW.