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Request for information to obtain FED-STD-595
Please advise if anyone has been able to obtain the FED-STD-595 standards and color chips package. I need a phone number or address for the supplier.
Much Thanks,
Trevor Karan
Continental Airlines - Houston, Texas
Trevor, if you can't get it from the DoD or the GSA, you can certainly get it from Global Engineering Documents. A quick web search will get you there.
Good luck!
Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York
Global engineering documents has them. I am currently going through the same thing.
Harvey Jones
- Boise, Idaho, USA
Per your inquiry. Use www. dodssp. daps. dla.mil to access the Department of Defense website and obtain the FED-STD 595. It is a book of actual paint chips. This is the web address for the form to requisition the book of chips. www. dodssp. daps.mil /1425A.pdf This standard is currently managed by Defense Supply Center of Kansas City.
Lisa Rothwell
- Dumfries, Virginia
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