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I've taken on a volunteer job to repaint the safety warning signs which are placed along the route of the Tinman Triathalon. These are plywood diamond signs, 4 x 4 feet. Things like CAUTION RUNNERS AHEAD.
The signs are currently Allis-Chalmers orange with black lettering. One of the other volunteers has suggested that they be painted in the yellow-green color which Wisconsin is currently using for school crossing signs. It's almost a flourescent color.
Several questions: What is this color properly called. (My local paint store sells Pittsburgh and Benjamin Moore)
The other flourescent colors I've seen have had a flat finish. Is this significantly less durable than a gloss finish? Or how much impact would be lost if a coat of clear was applied?
These signs are used one day per year, then tossed into a pickup truck and hauled to a shed where they are stacked up and stored until next year. So resistance to handling damage is important.
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That color is an exclusive 3M translucent ink color, you can probably get a sample from your 3M rep to match it with a solid opaque color, though I doubt it will look the same since the 3M reflects light.
Rick
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1540 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Paul i dont know how much this will help but just about any flouro color you're gonna find and be able to roll on will prob always look "flat" like that,its not gonna be durable at all and wont be cheap in all likelihood.... and even after it sits in a warehouse for a year the color is gonna look diff despite of what they tell you....this is just a suggestion since i dont know what you intend to use but in the early 80's Fruehauf Trucks used a Safety Yellow Green on fire trucks thats pretty similiar to the color you're talking about...not as flourescent but it is sure bright and ugly and for purposes like this with no spec it would be fine,and i know for a fact PPG can cross it over and duplicate it on the industrial end...if you decide you wantto go this way and need a number/code for it so you can see a chip or they can try to cross it email me at the address i have listed here tommorrow and when i'm at work i'll get it back to you.
*edited to cross out some of what rick said b4 i did*
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Those school-crossing signs are probably made with a fairly new 3M Diamond Grade reflective that is designed for that type of signage...it is a really gross but highly visible green/yellow.
-------------------- Steve Burke Cascades Inc NS Canada
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