How about barn red? Or "hammertone green" like a Stanley thermos?
I wouldn't think about it too much. Do people pick industrial or agricultural machinery based on which one's color speaks to them? Or based on name and reputation? If it really is good quality, the color won't make it work any better, and maybe you don't want the customers who buy based on the color of the thing, anyway. Andy On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 12:17 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a new product, larger than anything I have made before. It is a self > propelled grout mixer similar to the Ditch Witch R300 with a 1CM mixer > attachment. I have some significant improvements over their product but they > both do the same thing and look a bit similar. Our attach method between the > grout mixing tub attachment and the rest of the machine is almost identical > to DW to allow interchangeability between brands. Similar to a universal > skid steer attachment. This is a high demand machine for the micro > trenching world. > > I am at the point where I have to choose a color for the machine. I will > avoid Ditch Witch colors. The John Deere trademark decision says I could > paint it green but not the same green with yellow of JD equipment. > > I hate to paint it the generic cat/JD/vermeer type of yellow that everyone > else seems to use. It is not agricultural so probably not JD green. Not > sure if Ford blue communicates solid USA made good stuff. Thinking Kubota > orange, but does that communicate inferior Kubota? Years ago Kubota was > truly inferior but now-a days they make good stuff. > > It will soon get lots of grout spatter on the outside. Almost impossible to > keep these things spotless. So darker colors will emphasize the mess. Could > paint it concrete gray to minimize that but that does not excite me at all. > > What color makes you think “solid, American Made, durable, good value”? > > > > Chuck McCown > McCown Technology Corporation > 8401 N Commerce Dr > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > 801-250-9503 > 435-830-4306 cell > www.mccowntech.com > www.microtrench-blades.com > www.terabitnetworks.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
