Does anyone know the name of the colour of the caravan drawbar? I have been touching up the rust spots on the drawbar of our 2019 Retreat Fraser and what I thought was a close match from Bunnings is way off (Metallic Grey). Please don't say, "GREY" as there are about 39485674932040586 shades of grey in Bunnings!
Does anyone know the name of the colour of the caravan drawbar? I have been touching up the rust spots on the drawbar of our 2019 Retreat Fraser and what I thought was a close match from Bunnings is way off (Metallic Grey). Please don't say, "GREY" as there are about 39485674932040586 shades of grey in Bunnings!
A caravan manufacturer would use "Cheap Grey".......... in other words the only way to match it is to take a sample to the shop and compare or get some mixed to match ....otherwise repaint the whole tow bar in a "grey" of your liking......KB
Aluminium or silver in a spray can is very close to galvanised .............Cold Gal in a can is very dark grey to start with.
vince56 said
04:04 PM Feb 11, 2022
I have used "Zinc" spray paint on my last two vans and it seems to blend in well, got it from Supercheap.
ConsumerMan said
08:07 PM Feb 11, 2022
I thought there were only 50 shades of grey.
Pradokakadudavid said
09:48 PM Feb 11, 2022
After numerous trips Bunnings and home lid comparisons, Dulux Zinc Galv is the closest match I could find. Thanks everyone for your advice.
Buzz Lightbulb said
11:01 AM Feb 12, 2022
ConsumerMan wrote:
I thought there were only 50 shades of grey.
I'd like to know how the OP counted '39485674932040586' different shades.
Whenarewethere said
11:57 AM Feb 12, 2022
Buzz Lightbulb wrote:
ConsumerMan wrote:
I thought there were only 50 shades of grey.
I'd like to know how the OP counted '39485674932040586' different shades.
He picked a random number from Pi.
The string 39485674 occurs at position 17534561. This string occurs 1 times in the first 200M digits of Pi. counting from the first digit after the decimal point.
...932040586 is probably fictitious!
kgarnett said
05:57 PM Feb 12, 2022
You can search for strings in pi using this link :
Actually "Duragal" - Cold gal is zinc based whereas Duragal is aluminium based.
The Belmont Bear said
12:46 PM Feb 16, 2022
Pradokakadudavid wrote:
After numerous trips Bunnings and home lid comparisons, Dulux Zinc Galv is the closest match I could find. Thanks everyone for your advice.
I recently touched up our 2016 Retreat Frasers A frame as well as everything underneath in preparation to sell it. I also ended buying the Dulux Zinc Galv from Bunnings and although it didnt quite match the original colour it looked ok because I had to do most of the chasis anyhow. The original painting on the G&S chasis looked ordinary and there was lots of surface rust that I had to remove prior to repainting it. We are expecting delivery of a new van in April and have added lots of options to it unfortunately a hot dipped galvanised chassis wasnt one of them - after looking at the Retreat after only 5 years (never off the tar) I now regret not spending that extra $1800 especially as we only live a couple of KMs from the beach.
BB
Hylife said
09:34 PM Feb 23, 2022
Possum3 wrote:
Hylife wrote:
It's Cold Gal paint.
Actually "Duragal" - Cold gal is zinc based whereas Duragal is aluminium based.
Duralgal is just the actractive top coat. the real protection is the primer which is cold gal.
Hylife said
09:40 PM Feb 23, 2022
The Belmont Bear wrote:
Pradokakadudavid wrote:
After numerous trips Bunnings and home lid comparisons, Dulux Zinc Galv is the closest match I could find. Thanks everyone for your advice.
I recently touched up our 2016 Retreat Frasers A frame as well as everything underneath in preparation to sell it. I also ended buying the Dulux Zinc Galv from Bunnings and although it didnt quite match the original colour it looked ok because I had to do most of the chasis anyhow. The original painting on the G&S chasis looked ordinary and there was lots of surface rust that I had to remove prior to repainting it. We are expecting delivery of a new van in April and have added lots of options to it unfortunately a hot dipped galvanised chassis wasnt one of them - after looking at the Retreat after only 5 years (never off the tar) I now regret not spending that extra $1800 especially as we only live a couple of KMs from the beach.
BB
My 2018 Fraser chassis also looked sh!t after just two seasons. The cold gal undercoat was so thin every stone chip went down to bare metal.
Don't be so hasty to go full hot dip gal. When we bought ours, Gus from G&S told me it adds 300+kg weight to an off-road chassis because the hot gal wont completely drain from the insides of the beams when its dipped.
Paddles said
01:41 PM Nov 23, 2023
I am a bit late commenting on this post but it might help others. I have a Galaxy caravan that at the time was being built by the same crowd as Retreat and they gave me a can of chassis touch up paint. It is Arjantes brand and the colour is Silver Alloy. Cant buy it from a retailer so you need to find out who your local wholesaler is as they only sell to the trade theoretically. I hope that helps someone
-- Edited by Paddles on Thursday 23rd of November 2023 10:33:21 PM
Does anyone know the name of the colour of the caravan drawbar? I have been touching up the rust spots on the drawbar of our 2019 Retreat Fraser and what I thought was a close match from Bunnings is way off (Metallic Grey). Please don't say, "GREY" as there are about 39485674932040586 shades of grey in Bunnings!
A caravan manufacturer would use "Cheap Grey".......... in other words the only way to match it is to take a sample to the shop and compare or get some mixed to match ....otherwise repaint the whole tow bar in a "grey" of your liking......KB
Colour chart ; Galmet-colour-chart-1-2.pdf (itwpf.com.au)
Aluminium or silver in a spray can is very close to galvanised .............Cold Gal in a can is very dark grey to start with.
I'd like to know how the OP counted '39485674932040586' different shades.
He picked a random number from Pi.
The string 39485674 occurs at position 17534561. This string occurs 1 times in the first 200M digits of Pi. counting from the first digit after the decimal point.
...932040586 is probably fictitious!
You can search for strings in pi using this link :
https://www.angio.net/pi/bigpi.cgi
Why would you?
To get one of these:
Actually "Duragal" - Cold gal is zinc based whereas Duragal is aluminium based.
I recently touched up our 2016 Retreat Frasers A frame as well as everything underneath in preparation to sell it. I also ended buying the Dulux Zinc Galv from Bunnings and although it didnt quite match the original colour it looked ok because I had to do most of the chasis anyhow. The original painting on the G&S chasis looked ordinary and there was lots of surface rust that I had to remove prior to repainting it. We are expecting delivery of a new van in April and have added lots of options to it unfortunately a hot dipped galvanised chassis wasnt one of them - after looking at the Retreat after only 5 years (never off the tar) I now regret not spending that extra $1800 especially as we only live a couple of KMs from the beach.
BB
Duralgal is just the actractive top coat. the real protection is the primer which is cold gal.
My 2018 Fraser chassis also looked sh!t after just two seasons. The cold gal undercoat was so thin every stone chip went down to bare metal.
Don't be so hasty to go full hot dip gal. When we bought ours, Gus from G&S told me it adds 300+kg weight to an off-road chassis because the hot gal wont completely drain from the insides of the beams when its dipped.
I am a bit late commenting on this post but it might help others. I have a Galaxy caravan that at the time was being built by the same crowd as Retreat and they gave me a can of chassis touch up paint. It is Arjantes brand and the colour is Silver Alloy. Cant buy it from a retailer so you need to find out who your local wholesaler is as they only sell to the trade theoretically. I hope that helps someone
-- Edited by Paddles on Thursday 23rd of November 2023 10:33:21 PM