[ARC5] Antenna Current Meter Needed - wrinkle paint

[Richard Knoppow]

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From: "Mike Hanz" <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>
To: <jfor at quikus.com>; "Joel R Roberts" 
<joelroberts001 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Antenna Current Meter Needed - wrinkle 
paint


On 5/5/2014 1:19 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> On the paint, there are scores of solutions, none of them 
> really work well
> IMO.

     Quite a bit of snipping here.  My understanding is that 
textured paint is really two parts and the the original 
paints actually went on in two coats. The first part forms a 
surface that shrivels up as it dries, the second part is a 
more or less conventional paint that provides the covering 
power and color. As the first part shrivels it takes the 
second part with it. My own experience is that the paint 
must be oven dried to get a decent texture. At one time 
there seems to have been a company with a name something 
like Art Paint who made all the wrinkle paint used 
commercially, this is a great many years ago.  Beside the 
familiar wrinkle paint there is a surface called crackle, 
this is the the stuff used by General Radio and 
Hallicrafters that looks like dried mud or leather. I am 
pretty sure it must be applied in two coats. I no longer 
remember where I read about it but the article said it was 
difficult to get a good finish.
    FWIW, I find a very thin coating of boiled linseed oil 
rubbed into a wrinkle surface brings out the "wet" look of 
fresh paint. It works best on black.  I rub it on with a 
cloth and then immediately rub off as much as I can.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com