Best colour on Lathe / Mill? Practical Machinist
May 13, 2011· So there it is clean and shiny and I got to think it would be nice to repaint the lathe and mill also. No collectors items so original paint is not an issue. Anyway, the RAL 7031, old std. machine colour, I think it somewhat dark. I have been looking at RAL 6011 Reseda green (anoying) and the 7035 light grey (to easy to get dirty) also. So ...