[Collins] Fw: Paint

[David Knepper]

Please excuse my redundancy but I still believe that someone out there =
can provide a definitive response to the ageless question of how Collins =
produced that beautiful crackle or "sand paper" finish on cabinets and =
front panels.

I know that the subject has been discusssed many times over but I am =
going to reach out one more time to settle the argument once and for =
all.

As you know there are several wrinkle paints on the market (probably =
produced by only a handful of paint suppliers.)  The paint when applied =
does wrinkle but it is not the exact finish of the Collins which is more =
a crackle or star burst or "sand paper" finish - take your pick.=20

I spoke to the original supplier of paint to Colllins many years ago.  =
He was a local paint dealer who told me that they used to deliver the =
"stuff" in large drums to Collins Radio.   =20

Someone told me that the same results can be gotten by spraying a high =
speed paint thinner on to the finish coat.  Can this be done?  When =
Bill, K0DEW, restored a KW-1 back 10 years ago, he indicated that is =
what he did to get that distinctive Collins finish.  He wrote an article =
in 1991 for ER in a special KW-1 issue.

Someone knows for sure the answer to these two questions.

By the way, I just painted a bezel from a Hallicrafter radio and the =
finish is far from the finish on my Collins - it is definitely a wrinkle =
finish and not that crackle finish (that is my term) found on the =
Collins.

They say that the power coatings that have been applied to refinish a =
Collins is still not the exact Collins finish.
I have inspected some of these reproduction paint jobs and they are =
still not the "right" texture.

Thanks for the input. =20

Dave, W3ST
Secretary to the Collins Radio Association
Publisher of the Collins Journal
www.collinsra.com



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