[Boatanchors] National Paint

[Glen Zook]

Here is my "canned" response to paint!

I get all of the paint that I use on "boat anchor"
cabinets computer matched at my local Sherwin-Williams
store.  I have found that acryllic satin finish paint
comes out pretty darn close to the original finish. 
The paint runs under $11 a quart.

So far every cabinet that they have matched has been
"right on", including the Collins St. James gray.

You will need either a paint gun, or, if your local
store happens to be one that has the ability to "load"
spray cans then you can go that way.  Of course having
spray cans loaded is going to add to the price of the
paint.

I normally drop off a cabinet, cabinet lid, etc., of
what I want to be matched.  At least at my local
store, which tends to be very busy, I get my paint
either late in the afternoon or the next morning.  If
your store isn't that busy, they might be able to do
it for you while you wait.

Also, some automotive parts stores also have paint
matching.  However, what they use is often lacquer or
enamel, both of which do not dry to as "hard" a finish
as acryllic.

By the way, the acryllic paint that I buy does clean
up with water!  You don't have to worry about paint
thinner, lacquer thinner, etc.


Now, for the texture:  I use Rusteoleum American
Accents Stone Creations to give me a crackle.  Also,
Rustoleum has two other paints that might be used. 
They are "Hammered" and "Texture".  These do NOT give
a real deep type of finish.  However, they do work as
an undercoat in many applications.


Somewhere I have the Sherwin-Williams "formula" for
the gray that was used on the NC-2-40DT which is the
only National color that I have had matched at this
time.  I don't know how close it comes to that used on
the NC-173.

Mike Shelton, the owner of NC Total Electronics had
serious problems with the health of several members of
his family and basically went out of business.  He did
offer to sell me his paint business but it is too much
of a "pain in the posterior" to load the various spray
paint cans for the financial return.  Thus, the paint
business has ceased to exist.

Glen, K9STH


--- w6om at cox.net wrote:

Finishing restoration of NC 173 and looking for paint
for the cabinet.  In the past I purchased National #
604 Gray from Total Electronics but cannot locate them
any longer.
 
Anyone have a suggestion for National paint nowdays?







Glen, K9STH

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