[ARC5] Wrinkle Paint alternative (was Antenna Current Meter Needed)

[Glen Zook via ARC5]

For years, Illinois Bronze Paint Company made excellent wrinkle paint, in a number of colors, that worked very well.  Then, the EPA got involved and made them stop manufacturing the paint.  I used to buy the paint in cases of 6-cans to use in the restoration of antique / vintage receivers.  Then, sometime in the 1980s, the paint was no longer available.

I don't know exactly what was in the paint that got the EPA involved.  But, after that, I have had a very hard time in getting a spray can wrinkle paint that I really like.
 
Glen, K9STH


Website:  http://k9sth.com
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:32 PM, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
 
The wrinkle finish paint made by Seymour of Sycamore works well.  If you 
follow all of the instructions.  That's who made the Signal Corps Green Ron A 
and I sold for a few years.  They also make it in black.  Don't know whether 
they have any other standard colors or not.  

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 05/07/2014 10:58:55 AM Central Daylight Time, 
arc5 at mailman.qth.net writes: 
> My experiences with Plasticoat wrinkle paint has not been good.  For 
> example, on the replacement crystal doors that I make for the Heath DX-35 and 
> DX-40, I usually paint them 9-doors at a time on a rack that holds them.  
> Out of 9-doors, I usually get 2, or 3, that are satisfactory.  The remaining 
> doors the wrinkle is not even.  Some doors have no wrinkle and some doors 
> have a wrinkle over a portion of them.  It doesn't depend on where the door 
> was located on the rack.
> 
> I have had much better luck in getting wrinkle / crackle using Valspar 
> Stone paint.  That paint is available in several colors but the Alabaster 
> #11439 works the best.  I do suggest practicing on a piece of cardboard for a 
> few minutes to get the "hang" of using this paint.  Depending on how the 
> Stone paint is applied, the amount of wrinkle / crackle can be varied.
> 
> After application, a suitable color paint can be over-sprayed or the paint 
> can be covered with a clear spray like Krylon Crystal Clear.
>  
> Glen, K9STH
> 
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