[ARC5] Touch Up Paint

[Bill Cromwell]

On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 14:55 -0400, Robert Eleazer wrote:
> John:
> 
> I don't think there is any such thing as gloss or semi-gloss wrinkle paint.  There is just wrinkle paint, as far as I know based on my long and mostly unsuccessful attempts to use the stuff.  It looks shiner when new than when old.
> 
> In any case, your problem is to match what the equipment looks like now.
> Probably a semigloss will be better but I have even heard people say a black "magic marker" gives good results for touch up over very small areas.
> 
> By the way, speaking of wrinkle paint, I recently was able to get pretty good results using VHT wrinkle paint when I painted a case for a new piece of equipment I am building (a rocket motor firing panel).  I had found the VHT to be unsuitable for repainting a BC-348, where a thick coating was not usable due to the need to preserve the markings.  But for the equipment case I had no such worries and the VHT did not do too badly when applied thickly.
> 
> Wayne
> WB5WSV      
> ______________________________________________________________


Hi,

I don't have a huge collection of mil type gear but I do have some. My
interest is in *using* it. Not hacking..using. I have used that black
marker trick to cover tiny spots of bare aluminum showing through the
black wrinkle. For my purposes it looks very good. From a short distance
away I don't see it at all. Up close (operating the radios) I can easily
see it if I am evaluating the paint job. I am usually not evaluating the
paint job so the flaws are pretty well masked. If I was a *collector*
and wanted something pristine I would not be satisfied with the results
I got. Your mileage may vary. It certainly won't cost very much to try.

73,

Bill  KU8H