Easitrac Concrete Sleeper colour variation

[njee20]

I’m going to use Easitrac plain track for my next layout. I’ve bought a load of the flex track with concrete sleepers, but I’m quite surprised how much variation there is in colours. It looks almost like the injection moulding machine had a darker colour in before, and I have several sprues varying from a definite silver through to the more normal pale grey. Often with some variation on a single sprue. 
 

I get that the real thing varies a bit, and that weathering will disguise it, but I’ve never seen silver sleepers! I’ll probably give everything a coat of Plastikote Suede to blend it it before laying, as I’m going for something comparatively recently laid. 
 

is this normal?

 

[Kris]

I've had track chairs turn up in different colours, not on the same sprue however. 

[njee20]

Yeah that is odd! I've never looked closely enough, but those top two sprues are beyond a bit of gentle weathering, they'll definitely need painting to show any sort of consistency. Like I say, I'm not hugely bothered and I'll probably just spray the whole lot, just wasn't sure it was typical.

[TomE]

18 hours ago, njee20 said:

I’ll probably give everything a coat of Plastikote Suede

 

Is this available again now? I haven't seen any of the light tan for a very long time, and I'm down to my last can! 

 

Tom.  

[njee20]

I’ve got a couple of cans, not recent I’m afraid!

 

Still here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PlastiKote-Suede-400ml-Spray-Paint/dp/B07JYQYD6B

Edited January 3, 2021 by njee20