[Hallicrafters] RE: Halli Paint Jobs

[Bruce Wright]

Ron, et al...

Yup, you're correct...The marketing of Krylon aerosol products is a confused 
effort and leaves much to be desired...The folks at Sherwin-Williams (who 
owns Krylon) haven't either the interest or the wherewithall to figure it 
out.

Having said that, the best "brick-and-mortar" source for the 1403 Dull 
Aluminum that I have found is the ACE Hardware chain...I've visited several 
locations in the Houston area (in search of Krylon 2206 Dark Anodized 
Bronze) and they all had the 1403 on the shelf.

Btw, here is a link to an authorized ACE Hardware on-line vendor (with 
reference to the 2206 D-A-B aerosol):

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/productaddonsdetails.asp?id=1089358&source=froogle

GL es 73,

Bruce
WC5CW

>From: Ron <wa0kds at yahoo.com>
>To: Bruce Wright <shortwaves at msn.com>
>CC: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] RE: Halli Paint Jobs
>Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 08:38:12 -0700
>
>I also found that  Krylon aerosol "1403 Dull Aluminum"  is so close that  
>it doesn't make sense to have a one mixed.  The problem thought is finding 
>all the different colors in any store that Krylon makes.  They seem to have 
>some bad marketing.
>
>Ron  WA0KDS
>
>
>
>Bruce Wright wrote:
>
>>Roger, et al...
>>
>>"I haven't found anything to match the silver/gray tops except that custom
>>mix which I don't think is available any more, so I'm going to take all 
>>the
>>cabinet tops, prep them and then do all at once.  I'll take a sample in 
>>and
>>see if I can get an automotive enamle mixed to match which is what I think
>>this is." -- Roger Halstead
>>
>>I've found that the Krylon aerosol "1403 Dull Aluminum" to be near perfect 
>>in color and sheen for the perforated top of my SX-100.
>>
>>FWIW
>>
>>Bruce
>>WC5CW
>>
>>
>>>Message: 5
>>>Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:25:27 -0400
>>>From: "Roger K8RI" <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hali Paint jobs
>>>To: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>, <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>>>Message-ID: <002d01c56b23$1526aa10$6700a8c0 at roger2>
>>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>>     reply-type=original
>>>
>>>Hi Glen,
>>>
>>>The semi-gloss in the black matches a "satin" and it looks nice.  If it
>>>weren't setting next to factory paint you'd never know.  OTOH my HT32 and
>>>SX101 (No suffix) have a very shiny, or high gloss finish where as the
>>>HT-32B and SX-101A are *fairly* close matches.
>>>
>>>I haven't found anything to match the silver/gray tops except that custom
>>>mix which I don't think is available any more, so I'm going to take all 
>>>the
>>>cabinet tops, prep them and then do all at once.  I'll take a sample in 
>>>and
>>>see if I can get an automotive enamle mixed to match which is what I 
>>>think
>>>this is.
>>>
>>>I started cleaning the one SX-101A and am finding the chassis (under all
>>>that dirt) to look quite nice.  Yes, there is some discoloration, but no
>>>rust.  The cabinet looks pretty rough, but the panel and insides are 
>>>nice.
>>>
>>>Now, I need 4 of those "big rubber feet" they used on the HT-33B as all I
>>>have are the smaller ones.  They make it match up with the other 
>>>equipment,
>>>but it can't get as much cooling air from underneath.
>>>
>>>Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
>>>N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
>>>www.rogerhalstead.com
>>>
>>> >I have found that "satin" finish comes the closest to
>>> > the original finish on many cabinets.
>>> >
>>> > Glen, K9STH
>>> >
>>
>>
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