Well it looks like I may be going down the powder coating route on my Montesa MH123 restoration. Can't afford chroming. Does anybody have any idea what colour the frame should be with reference to a ral colour code. Rocky Mountain Montesa say it is a St germain red. However poiwder coating companies only seem to use the ral colour scheme.I am not very good with colours but I think the closest colour seems to be code 2005 which is an illuminous orange. A link to the colour chart is below. I accept the actual colour may be tottally different to how it appears on screen too. Would appreciate some assistance.

http://allral.com/color_tables.php

hi i have 7 cota 200,s and also dable in car paint work i would say that is the nearest colour to origanal out of them all i would describe it been an orangey red ,not deep or dark red

hi i have 7 cota 200,s and also dable in car paint work i would say that is the nearest colour to origanal out of them all i would describe it been an orangey red ,not deep or dark red

Thanks for that. Yes I agree. It is an orangey red but I need to be a bit more specific.

Gareth

Try going to a auto repair shop, they should have a RAL colour swatch and will be able to give you the correct code. Also any hardware store that sells marine or machine paint will have a RAL colour chart.

if your paint shop can find a cross reference here is the Montesa red from the 76 to 79 Cotas. I believe the Cota 200 red is the same.

Lacquer-

Dupont Lucite Acrylic Lacquer

Code 75-Red

1978

Enamel-

PPG Delstar Acrylic enamel

Dar 72155SC

Fleet bright red

Edited September 3, 201213 yr by nh014