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Gareth:
Thanks all for your comments.
I was beginning to get a little worried and confused as the discussion moved into talking about 'Candy' paints. Had to google what that meant. Following that little bit of research, to my understanding, and confirmed by some recent emails this (G-38M-S) Muscat Green Metallic colour on the CB200 should be a straight metallic.
Doing some more online research, the use of this colour (and Honda colour code) on the other bikes (e.g. 750F, CL360, CB500 A & CB500K1) all seem to be a darker green and not like the lighter (almost lime, as I've read some referring to it) 'version' I recall for the Muscat Green Metallic colour I'm trying to return this bike to.
I dug into the family photos to try and dig up a good photo of the bike in its original form. The only pic I could find, so far, dates back to the 1990s (after the crash) and taken at night. But one can still make out the lighter green on the tank.
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The tank alone looks very different now, all cleaned, de-rusted, treated and coated inside and out.
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Looks like I need to do a little more digging into the correct colour (version) before I buy paint and we start coating the parts.
AshimotoK0:
Having tried a few aerosol paints including RS Bikepaints ones ..the quality of this paint and delivery from an aerosol can from this company in Germany is far superior than any other product I have tried.
https://www.auto-k.de/
It's only available from one UK supplier though, as far as I know.
Going back to the RS paint, the colour metallic basecoat is applied quite thinly (as was Honda's original paint) and a small amount goes a long way. Looking at prices for Lechler paint itself on-line, I don't think it would be much cheaper in smallish qualtities than RS and I guess that many colour formulations have been custom done by RS to match original NOS parts. For instance, I supplied them with a NOS part to match to Honda 'Black Metallic', as originally applied to the 1967-69 CD175A 'sloper and the match was perfect.
Moorey:
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I was told by my local paint supplier that RS Paints use Lechler Paint and any Lechler paint stockist should be able to supply you the same as RS.
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Do you need a code for the Lechler stockist? - Just checked on RS site and they only give colour. I'm asking as need to buy some Candy Custom Gold shortly
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I told him the Honda colour and code which meant nothing to him. Then i told him RS Paints did the colour i wanted, he looked on his computer and got the suitable code and then made the paint. He told me any Lechler Stockist should be able to make up any colour RS do.
philward:
Was it much cheaper?
Moorey:
A fair bit. I can't remember how much but he is my nearest paint supplier as well. Which is handy.
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