Recommended Rattle Can Paint Color

[ilsinc]

OK so I'm gonna try and bring back to life an M37 that hasn't been run in a decade or so.
Starting with the fuel system, I'm having the gas tank reconditioned and it will be returned to me in primer.
Can someone recommend a rattle can spray paint color to closely match the original?
Thanks.

 

[NDT]

Welcome. You want Federal Specification (FS) shade 24087. Obtain from Rapco or have some mixed at Sherwin Williams in an exterior architectural paint.

 

[ilsinc]

If I ever do a restoration, that is what I would use.
But for the gas tank, is there maybe a Rustoleum or Krylon spray color that could get me by?

 

[NDT]

Sure. The tank is so tucked up there you can hardly see it. Use any of the "camouflage" colors (Krylon, Rustoleum etc) such as forest green. Or use flat black.

 

[just me]

Lighthouse for the Blind in St Louis sells a very high quality aerosol paint in our color. I buy a case at a time when I run low.

 

[M-37Bruce]

I've got a case of it I'd like to sell, I started my restoration with it, great stuff too! $65 plus S&H.

 

[M-37Bruce]

Skilcraft Rattle Cans

I thought I'd post a pic of the can.

 

[m16ty]

By far, the best paint I’ve found for painting mvs is the Rapco paint. Can be bad in rattle cans or gallons.

 

[ilsinc]

Rapco 24087 rattle can in semi gloss it is.
Thanks all!

 

[hndrsonj]

Actually I would only use TM-9 Ordnance paint from Midwest Military. 2430 would have been original and the 24087 if it was repainted later in life. I have used RAPCO a lot, and this paint blows it away. Comes both in spray cans and gallons. Also has UV protection from the sun so it will last.

 

[just me]

Rapco is good if your vehicle lives inside. It will fade and chalk in short order on a vehicle left outside.
BTW, that Eco Sure in the pic above is what Lighthouse sells. Good stuff.