Cloud White vs Wimbledon White

When looking to paint my old white Mercury outboards I bought some cloud white from a boat specialist. I later heard that wimbledon white was a perfect match. Wimbledon white was used on Ford cars for decades and you can find it at Walmart. But when I looked at them side by side they are indeed different. You can see how it compares to these two motors I have with original paint. I’m going to stick with cloud white going forward.

Cloud white is on the left above
This motor was stored inside for decades and saw little use so the color is pristine
I restored this Mercontrol with Wimbledon white. I’ll probably hit it with another coat of cloud white before I assemble it.

Check out this site for Mercury paint codes.

Click to access MercuryPaintCodes.pdf

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