[AMRadio] More Painting Tips

Thu Jun 20 22:37:57 EDT 2013

Tung oil hmmm...
I think you have polymerize the stuff to make the wrinkled paint.
Somewhere here I have a formula book from the 1930's on wrinkled enamel with tung oil featured in many recipes.
The catch is the 600 deg F kettle temperature - yikes
de KA4JVY
Mark

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>To: Don Cunningham <donc at martineer.net> 
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>I think the main thing is that the paint should be close to the same temp
>as the article you are about to use it on, and in a certain level, or
>range, 70F to 80F, etc.  I have seen odd things happen when I've applied
>rattle can paint taken directly from an air conditioned room outside to
>paint an item that was at outside ambient temperature.
>
>I am going to get some Tung oil and experiment with mixing ratios of that
>and enamel paint since I can't seem to find anyone that remembers how they
>did it for wrinke back in the day.  I haven't even a clue where to start.
>I'm sure it will depend on the paint itself too.
>
>As I get older, that exploding paint can sounds like something I could do.
>I certainly hope not.  Glad no one was hurt.
>
>73
>Brian / w5ami
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>On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Don Cunningham <donc at martineer.net> wrote:
>
>> Don,
>>
>> I am assuming that a "warm can" is room temperature (unless you are in the
>> barn) or something reasonable like 70 degrees plus.  I have a good friend
>> that was spraying some valve covers for a hotrod, the can was VERY cold
>> from overnight in the shop, so he sat it on the heater.  Of course, the
>> phone rang, luckily he went to check on something for that customer, as he
>> blew out the front windows in the gas station and decorated the inside of
>> the office area with black wrinkle paint.  Not a pretty sight, and all were
>> glad to see he was still with us!!!!
>>
>> I'm not insinuating that you meant to put the can in the oven at all.
>>  Your directions just brought back the story which is now funny to all of
>> us, since no real harm was done.  That was sure an expensive pair of
>> wrinkle painted valve covers!!!!!!!!!  Plate glass isn't cheap.
>> 73 and thanks for the tips.  I especially want to try the knobs like
>> R-390A ones in the future..  Now I'll have to let the wife go shopping with
>> the gals one day, maybe the cats won't squeal on me.
>>
>> Another Don, WB5HAK
>>
>>
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