[ARC5] Antenna Current Meter Needed - wrinkle paint

[J. Forster]

I would avoid the linseed oil rub. It may destroy the finish, long term.

YMMV,

-John

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> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
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> 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
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