[Collins] Painting Cabinets

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 06:48 -0800, Glen Zook wrote:
> The Sherwin-Williams paint formula for both the cabinet and the trim ring can be found at
> 
> http://k9sth.com/uploads/Boat_Anchor_Paint_article.pdf
> 
> Any good paint store can work from this formula.  That is you don't have to go to Sherwin-Williams.
> 
> For small jobs, like painting a cabinet, Harbor Freight sells a paint gun that does a very good job.  That is the main gun that I use when painting cabinets although I do have larger guns as well.  The link for this gun is
> 
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=86
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> You do need to paint the entire cabinet.  No matter how close the paint used on the lid "matches", you will still be able to see the difference between the lid and the rest of the cabinet.
> 
Even in the Collins paint shops in the 1960s, it was necessary to have
all the panels of the 821A-1 painted the same day to get a matching
gloss because that seems to be affected by many things including
humidity and the exact drying oven temperature.

And for a repaint, it probably won't have the toughness of the factory
baked paint job. I have found an electric space heater in an old
refrigerator cabinet gets up to 180 or 200F and makes the paint tougher.
It also may be slightly darker.

> Glen, K9STH
> 
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
> 

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73, Jerry, K0CQ, Technical Adviser to the Collins Radio Association
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