Juki Paint Match

[Pintodeluxe]

I had a Juki Lu-562 that was in pretty good mechanical shape, but needed some paint touch-up.  I experimented with several hammered spray paints, including special order products.  In the end, the one that was a dead ringer for my lu-562 was an off the shelf Rust-Oleum color that I found at Home Depot.  

The color is Rust-Oleum "Rosemary" hammered finish.  It is a dead ringer for the dirty gray paint that Juki used.  There is a subtle hint of green as well.  Hopefully this saves someone the guesswork in the future!

[Pintodeluxe]

The pictures show how well the paint matches.  The bed of the machine was repainted, and blended into the head area.  The second picture shows the top cover, which was sandblasted and repainted.  The area surrounding the cover is the stock color.  

[dikman]

Looks like the new blends with the old quite well - but it looks a lot like bronze to me.

[AdamPCain]

Very nice did you apply heat to it or just spray it and let it dry

[Uwe]

Thanks for the tip @Pintodeluxe , I'll have to give it a try. There are several machines on my shelves that probably will benefit from this paint. 

[SARK9]

I had thought about mixing a couple of the non-aerosol hammertone colors to hit this shade, but never "got around to it".  The main problem I have run into with this particular spray product is......no one seems to have it in stock.

 

-DC

[Ken Nelson]

Does anyone have a paint match for a  Pfaff 545?

[Scoutmom103]

That looks very close and nice.  Thank you for Sharing.

 

[Pintodeluxe]

18 hours ago, dikman said:

Looks like the new blends with the old quite well - but it looks a lot like bronze to me.

Yes, I thought the same thing and tried the Bronze Rustoleum Hammered color.  It was close, but not a match.  The Rosemary looks identical to the factory paint on this particular Juki.  

[Pintodeluxe]

14 hours ago, AdamPCain said:

Very nice did you apply heat to it or just spray it and let it dry

I sanded the bed area with a random orbit sander, and hand sanded where the tool wouldn't reach.  Then I blew off the dust with compressed air, and wiped it down twice with lacquer thinner before spraying.  I didn't apply any heat to the paint.