Real men wear pink

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 2:37 PM Carl Peterson <cpeter...@portnetworks.com>
wrote:

> Make it pink and own the brand.  Either that or that safety green/yellow
> color I'm sure you are seeing all over the ski slopes these days.  That
> might be expensive paint but it would make a statement.
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 11:18 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com>
> 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
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