Cans (1992)
April 12th, 2009
Maybe 20 different brands from a time when it was still a real mission to get hold of a decent range of colours in England. Working around all the reactions from overlapping different paint formulations was a real chess game.
In the mix you can see some original Marabu Buntlacks with the horizontal logo, the choice of 80’s Euro kings. Then there are some bland England car paint colours vs vibrant German car paints. I never really figured out why they’d want a mauve or purple motor but cheers for the colours anyway.
Standing black and proud in the front is a French Sparvar picked up from our Parisian friend Simonz – he’d bring us a carrier bag over every time he’d go back to visit his fam.
The foot soldiers of the army are some classic standbys of the British scene – filthy Japlac enamel, Stonechip black and Finnigan’s Smoothrite from before they ruined it. Most British 80’s / early 90’s graffiti was outlined with it – black, white, blue, green, red, yellow and that’s your lot. I recall Vulcan from NY saying it was the best outline paint in the world.
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ether1 wrote on Apr 13 09 at 08:02To all the pioneers I`m going way back,
for all those who can remember Just Ice.
