jubilee paint

Thats a tough one.

The actual colour was achieved by using a Gold 'Metallic' groundcoat, with a cherry red lacquer over the top.

I have seen two vehicles recently that closely matched it - one was a Honda90 step-thru - and the other was aPorsche911. Both looked beautiful.

I have NEVER seen a resprayed Jubilee that looked right.

I do have an unused Oil Tank in storage if anyone knows how to match paints....

There is a picture in one of the earlier NOC calenders of a 1965 Electra belonging to Graham Lewis painted in what I assume is F/B. In Roy Bacon's magnificent Norton Twin Restoration (well worth a copy for all twin owners) he only describes the Electra in the more familiar Silver/Black/Chrome scheme.Now, my Electra is nowhere near ready for final paint, and I had intended to follow that scheme (as I intend to finish my Dommie likewise as per 650ss, it makes things simpler!). However, having looked again at the photo of Graham's bike, it is starting to grow on me, and I think would make the bike stand out a bit more from "all those other" Electras!  :0

Its 20 years since I worked in the bodyshop trade, but even then, any half-decent paint shop would have colour matching equipment- same as you do in the big DIY stores for your home decorating. I'm out of that game now and have no contacts in the trade, but I'm sure good paint shops out there can help out.

But let me know if you find one to do the Burgundy!

PS just looked at the RS Bikepaint website, it mentions “Flamboyant Burgundy with Black Frame” for the 1963 Standard Jubilee- but they only carry the frame black!

Hi, I took an age trying to find the correct “flamboyant burgundy” but struggled immensely to match anything with what little I had on the tank. After a lot of trial and error with different colours and many discussions with people I took the possible closest to be a “cherry red” but found “Candy Apple“ to be more acceptable which is what I did my 65 Jubilee in (although I’m not sure it’s as “burgundy” as the original was, but without an original paint to match it was a bit of guesswork!).

All paint was cellulose except primer - 4 coats yellow gold base, flatted, 4 coats clear lacquer dyed 10:1 candy apple red.

Don't know if it helps anyone but see pictures

Bruce

Bruce how did you protect the cellulose from petrol spills.

John

So far John - lots of care, lol.  Seriously, it’s something I’m paranoid about, but after all the glazing, waxing & ceramic coating it’s a bit of protection then just care when filling - but - it’s early days as I’ve not filled from a pump (yet) as not on road.  Just have to see how it goes - I know cellulose isn’t the best for petrol spills but I’m not equipped for 2 pack spraying and I prefer to do as much work myself as possible!

Bruce

Wow Bruce, judging from the photos you've done a cracking paint job- as well as the rest of the bike!

I'm seriously jealous now.....

Hi Bruce. Bike looks great.

I,m in the process of spraying my De luxe with cellulose. How long was it before you cut and waxed the new paintwork, also how long would you leave the paintwork before bolting it together, just a bit worried that the bolts will sink into the new paintwork.

John

Hi John - months! Left each colour before next at least 4-6 weeks then topcoat about 2 months before cutting back etc (early Oct 2019 gold, late Nov red, late Feb 2020 cut back/wax etc, late March fit to bike), I wasn’t in any rush though and had loads of other things to get on with!

House of Colors do the candy paints which are close to if not the original colours used for candy paints by the UK Bike Factories. You start with either a silver or gold base (depends on the final effect you are looking for), followed by a coloured lacquer. Nowadays you then do a 2K clearcoat on top for protection from petrol. The variations come from the base picked plus the number of coats of lacquer applied over the top of the base. I had a B44 Shooting Star done in Candy Apple Red over silver to match BSA Flamboyant Red, I asked for a Gold base to give a warmer colour and the painter added an extra coat of red lacquer and I got a Burgundy Red instead. It looks better than the BSA shade so it has stayed that way.  My 1965 T120R in Pacific Blue will use House of Colors candy too.

As for matching the exact shades from the day, well the foreman mixed the colours daily so they varied a lot anyway. They were not as colourfast as today either so the sun got to them quickly as well.