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Tom Francis wrote:
On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:07:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:44 GMT, Tom Francis
wrote:

And battleship gray engines. :)

Officially, there is no such color. Battleships, pickups, and
everything between, are painted ' Haze Gray '.


Well I'll be danged - didn't know that.

Also didn't know this:

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Qu...4289/Camo.html

Never knew they painted bow waves on ships.

Interesting.



"Officially, there is no such color."

Nonsense.

Officially, I can go into a paint store and buy a can of paint whose
color is described as "Battleship Gray."

Here's a piece of floor covering in Battleship Gray:

http://www.dickblick.com/zz404/04/

paint:

http://www.ipaint.us/epgubagrga.html

Pettit, a well known supplier of marine paints, shows:

http://www.petitprod.com/atomz_searc...p-f=ISO-8859-1


But, of course, there is no such color.