69 S Restoration in Process - PLEASE HELP

matthewahawkins · Jul 13, 2015

Hi Guys!

New to the board and thrilled to be here!

I have a 69S that I cannot find the modern equivalent for the red metal flake. My buddy has a blue metalflake 69S but I have had no success finding a the best replacement color seeing as how I cant find anything original to try to match.

Thanks Guys!

Matt

NoiseyNorton · Jul 13, 2015

I am running into the same issue with my getting my 'S' repainted the fire flake blue as nobody will do it without the paint code. Just a PITA...
I feel like they don't want to try and match it up. I am no painter but I would assume it wouldn't be too hard to get close.

rivera · Jul 13, 2015

When I asked my local painter for a Metalflake paint for my 70 Commando he came up with this:

69 S Restoration in Process - PLEASE HELP

He had it in his paint store sínce the eighties. Paint is still good and enough for one bike, sorry.
Maybe the paint code helps.

Uli

Danno · Jul 13, 2015

http://www.rothmetalflake.com/main.html

https://www.metalflakecorp.com/

http://www.didspade.com/metal-flake/

N0rt0nelectr@ · Jul 13, 2015

Not that long ago there was a similar thread on the list. It was about the Fire Flake Purple that is like that on my 70 750. Let me see it I can find the replys and get them up for you.
John in Texas

N0rt0nelectr@ · Jul 13, 2015

N0rt0nelectr@ said:
Not that long ago there was a similar thread on the list. It was about the Fire Flake Purple that is like that on my 70 750. Let me see it I can find the replys and get them up for you.
John in Texas

Look for Fire Flake Roman Purple in the search feature. The last post was in November but the information is good. Looks like more than a few of us are dealing with this problem.

John in Texas

JimNH · Jul 13, 2015

Brent at Vintage Vendor just did a very nice job on my kid's Triumph. He does a lot of Nortons and perhaps he can help.

http://www.vintage-vendor.com

Rohan · Jul 13, 2015

There are a number of threads here on Fireflake colors. Just use that word in the search.

Pretty much all the discussion has boiled down to that colored flakes were used in these paints - or in the fibreglass.
(Except the red, that was, MAYBE, silver flake overpainted with a transparent red ??).
Hasn't been discussed much here at all.

This is a green flake I was experimenting with.
All flakes, no color in this whatsover.
But the flakes are not really big enough to pass for the original, back to the drawing board...

Edit - B+bogus has shown a fireflake red sidecover he painted, using red flakes, in one of the threads here. (I think),

Rohan · Jul 13, 2015

rivera said:
When I asked my local painter for a Metalflake paint for my 70 Commando he came up with this:
]http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah176/Ulrich_Hoffmann/Norton%20Commando/2092e0bb-9f75-468c-a87e-92f9950b0999_zpsjiktirut.jpg
He had it in his paint store sínce the eighties. Paint is still good and enough for one bike, sorry.
Maybe the paint code helps.
Uli

It would be interesting to see that sprayed onto a bike.
Glasurit is very widely available too.

rivera · Jul 13, 2015

Rohan said:
It would be interesting to see that sprayed onto a bike.
Glasurit is very widely available too.

Will post pics when ready, may take some weeks...

grandpaul · Jul 16, 2015

Brent Budgor

Don Hutchinson

Between these two, a person should be able to obtain the materials for, and/or the actual painting of, ANY classic Britbike.

Rohan · Jul 17, 2015

Not much use if not in USA or Canada though.

These are the sidecovers that B+Bogus did, showed here before.

Findable with a fireflake search.

Rohan · Jul 21, 2015

matthewahawkins said:
I have a 69S that I cannot find the modern equivalent for the red metal flake. My buddy has a blue metalflake 69S but I have had no success finding a the best replacement color seeing as how I cant find anything original to try to match.

??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-Oz-Bright-Red ... 1260499994

grandpaul · Jul 22, 2015

Rohan said:
Not much use if not in USA or Canada though.

True enough.

Great reason for forum users to include your location in your basic profile (at LEAST your country)

N0rt0nelectr@ · Sep 13, 2015

I got a quote for doing my 70 750 R in Royal Purple metal flake. The references given seem to show those using his service are very satisfied and the quality seems to be very good. As with all quality work, it isn't cheap and I will have to save up for awhile to afford getting the work done. Such is life.
John Ebert
Texas

Rohan said:
There are a number of threads here on Fireflake colors. Just use that word in the search.

Pretty much all the discussion has boiled down to that colored flakes were used in these paints - or in the fibreglass.
(Except the red, that was, MAYBE, silver flake overpainted with a transparent red ??).
Hasn't been discussed much here at all.

This is a green flake I was experimenting with.
All flakes, no color in this whatsover.
But the flakes are not really big enough to pass for the original, back to the drawing board...

Edit - B+bogus has shown a fireflake red sidecover he painted, using red flakes, in one of the threads here. (I think),

69 S Restoration in Process - PLEASE HELP

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