From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Investigating a new nitro-cellulose based paint, 'Duco', from Dupont.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 38\6\ Scan200 | |
| Date | 3rd September 1924 | |
| X.4547. To Roy.{Sir Henry Royce} from DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} DA{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}2/M3.9.24. c. to HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} EGG-SHELL BLACK FINISH. X.4547. We have heard a great deal from Mr. Belnap and the American Co., about the new paint which is used for finishing bodies and chassis parts. It has a nitro-cellulose base disolved in amyl acetate base. The American produce is known as 'Duco', and is made by the Dupont Chemical Manufacturing Co. We would like to obtain and try some of this for such parts as the controls on the steering column, as it is supposed to be air drying, and very hard. Would you please discover whether we can buy anything of a similar nature in this country, and arrange with Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} to try some. If not, we think you might write to Mr. Belnap, and suggest that he sends us a sample. DA.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} | ||