Record Vice Paint

[andyg0141]

Hi,

I have a Record vice in need of some tlc...plan to blast and paint it.

Does anyone have a recommendation as to what paint to use and the RAL colour or equivalent of Record blue vices?

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Richard.]

I did mine in smooth blue Hammerite. 2 thick coats and it come up like new. Does it matter what colour it is? I wasn't bothered I just refurbished mine and re painted it in what I had.
Hammerite is good hard wearing paint.

 

[mangocrazy]

The correct blue for Record vices is Roundel Blue (i.e. the blue used in the roundel on RAF planes), also known as Record Blue. It's a British Standard - BSC381C 110. Stokes Paints in Sheffield can supply it (unsurprisingly, they used to supply Record with it) and also an excellent zinc-rich grey metal primer.

 

[macandmoss]

like my vices without paint , painted a one up beautiful before but tended to use my other vice so as not to scratch it..lol ,now I just strip and polish them off with a wire wheel and use them like they are meant to ,easier to flick them over again with the grinder and they look great and I'm not afraid to do any job on them even a bit of spraying

 

[macandmoss]

here is a parkinsons one I bought the other day , just polish them up like this

 

[Arc Tourist]

Not sure if its available in the UK, but for many years I've used "One Shot" brand sign painter's paint on a lot of my tools

. It comes in a variety of colours (I like green), is very durable, self levels so you don't see brush marks, and leaves a smooth finish. Here is a photo of my old Wilton 2" vice which I refinished about a dozen years ago; still look'n good.

 

[macandmoss]

nice vice but I would be frightened to scratch a work of art like that

 

[andyg0141]

Thanks for all the replies. Doesn't really need paint I guess but quite like the look of it painted.

Will give it a quick once over with Hammerite probably but not spend too long on it so I dont mind it getting damaged haha.

 

[colnerov]

but not spend too long on it so I dont mind it getting damaged haha.

Famous last words.

 

[Arc Tourist]

nice vice but I would be frightened to scratch a work of art like that

Not a work of art, just an average tool made a long time ago when manufacturing standards were higher.

 

[macandmoss]

your right , always buy old equipment as quality and craftmenship counts

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

The last 2 vices I did I used Spray Hammerite, smooth version.
I did the Record bench vice in blue, about 4 light coats all over. Then a few blast to give better finish on a few places.
The handle was wire brushed and bee's wax rubbed on.

The pipe vice I used B&Q metal paint in spray cans. Not a bad finish, but I did notice the B&Q cans took a lot more shaking to get a good coverage.

I do believe in buying thee best you can, plus the older stuff seamed to be better made.

 

[Paul Narramore]

I've a Record No23 engineers vice bought forty years ago and has served me well ever since. Once in a blue moon I will strip her down, clean up with a wire cup brush in an angle grinder, etch primer and then a couple of coats of blue Smooth Hammerite, brushed on. I replaced the jaws a few years ago and always use magnetic alloy vice jaws to protect them and the work. A few drops of oil every now and again, she'll easily last me out. I've also got a tiny Record No00 for minute stuff, treated the same way. Two things make me cringe and that is seeing people sawing stuff in a vice and not using vice jaws, and vices which aren't properly bolted down to the work bench.

 

[MattF]

I like green

I'd never noticed.

 

[Shedendman]

, and vices which aren't properly bolted down to the work bench.

As you see on some youtube vids

 

[Arc Tourist]

................Two things make me cringe and that is seeing people sawing stuff in a vice and not using vice jaws, and vices which aren't properly bolted down to the work bench.

For your cringing enjoyment, there plenty more which are unbolted.

 

[WvW]

I've used Paragon Paints roundel blue on this woodworking vice - goes on very thick using the aerosol (couldn't be bothered with a tin):

BS381C 110 Roundel Blue - Paragon Paints

Pleased with the results, if you ignore the two drips on the top....