Hayter Paint colour
Hi there.
Does anyone have to hand the paint colour. number for the 1960s Hayter 24 hand propelled rotary mower? I am looking for the paint for the green part of the chassis frame etc, could it be a Hammerite product? or a special mix.
Many thanks
To be honest I'd avoid the use of hammerite, it's not very good paint (it's water based!) and only comes in limited colours. What I would recommend is you take the mower or a part of the mower with that paint on to a car parts shop which do specially mixed paint. For health and safety reasons I'd go with acrylic based paint if I were you although if you're spraying and have all the safety equipment Cellulose based paint would be nice to go with.
Following my request for paint information, it was found to be Hammerite jade green hammered finish paint.
I have now given it a couple of coats but the photo does not pick out the green very well, but at least it looks better and is now in preservation and not on the scrapheap.
Hortiman
Good to see that you had a positive result with the paint for your Hayter. I would think that not too many have made it into restoration as I think they were often used on farms etc rather than leading a sheltered life in a domestic environment and have been scrapped long ago.
Your machine is looking good - how about looking out for a 21" self propelled to go with it? At least the paint would be easier to match! the ones that I remember were mostly yellow with Briggs and Stratton engines.
Ray.
Hello,
From my memory of the paint finish used on Hayterettes etc I think that Hammerite or something very similar was probably the paint used. Maybe an email to Hayters customer service department would bring forth an answer?
Ray.