From: Dave Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Wed Jul 17 2002 - 07:48:09 PDT
Any idea where the 383 came from? I would have thought it would have been the first 3 digits of the FS number.
Dave
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7/16/2002 9:20:52 AM, ddoyle9570@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated Tue, 16 Jul 2002 6:24:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, lehmans@execpc.com writes:
>
>> Shade/color/texture wise what is the difference between the "proper"
>> paint for either a 1952 or 1960-70 vintage vehicle and one
>> fresh off
>> the line in standard OD Green today?
>
>My research that all US Army and USMC tactical ground vehicles have been being factory painted "383 green", FS number 34094. This is a chemical
agent resistant coating. Chemically, it is very similar to Dupont Imron. Earlier paints (24087, 23070, etc) were enamels.
>
>The CARC is dead flat, and extremely durable.
>
>The FS number system works like this:
>
>FS stands for Federal Standard. The first number of the 5-digit code indicates the sheen of the color. The first digit of 1 indicates a gloss paint or color,
whereas a 2 is assigned for semi-gloss or satin coat, and a 3 for drabs or flat color paints. The second color denotes the actual color group. 0- brown, 1- red,
2 - orange, 3 - yellow, 4 - green, 5 - blue, 6 - gray, 7 - miscellaneous, and 8 - fluorescent. The last three colors represent increasing diffuse reflectance. (The
lower the number, the color gets darker, and changes color).
>
>Keep in mind the following when using these standards,the General Services Administration Form FS 595A fan deck was dated 1959. Current use is
FS595B, dated July 1994. According to some sources (and I have yet to verify this, that when GSA adopted the FS595B, some colors changed, were
assigned previously used numbers. Keep this in mind. The national stock number for the FS595B is 7690-01-162-2210. I assume there once was a FS595
(no suffix) but I have yet to verify this.
>
>So, 34094 is flat (3), green (4) and has a darkness of 094. 24087 is semi-gloss (2), green, and is slightly darker 087.
>
>Hope this helps,
>David Doyle
>
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