[Hallicrafters] Hali Paint jobs

[Roger K8RI]

As you suggest Duane I hit up the HCI site first, before asking on here. 
Like many indexes you have to think in the same manner as the who ever set 
up the indexes (smiley goes here)  I think that's why I can never find 
anything my wife has filed and she can never find anything I've filed.

After spending a good hour and a half on the HCI site as well as Google I 
decided posting might be faster and with specific answers, which it was for 
me.

Quite likely I just didn't know specifically what to enter in the search.

What with the various pieces of Hallicrafters gear on the bench I can 
certainly verify your comment on "shades of gray".  My HT-32 and SX-101 have 
a shiny black finish that with a coat of wax could match the finish on a 
nice car.  On the other hand,  the others are various shades of gray and 
finish from flat to gloss.  When I get the project finished they will at 
least match each other.

By the way, that 1403 "dull Aluminum" was a very good match for the top of 
the HT-33B.
I didn't do a lot of prep work as I was more interested in seeing how it 
looked.  I still have some sanding to do in a few spots, but that cabinet 
looks nice, or it does until you get really close.

The only thing I don't like about spray cans is the relatively small fan, or 
spray they create.  I'm used to a spray gun running about 40 psi which will 
cover the entire bottom, or top of a cabinet in two swipes without leaving 
an overspray line.  On the other hand, if you do the work outside and the 
wind switches it can do a great job of painting the hair on your arms, your 
car, your wife's car, the neighbor's car, windows, cat, dog, and about 
anything else you can name.  I can also purchase one whale of a lot of 
enamel for the cost of 3 or 4 spray cans. The negative side is the big spray 
gun takes more practice, you have to thin the paint just right, and you have 
to know just how much you can put on *before* it runs.

Of course about the time you decide to spray paint outside the cotton woods 
decide it's time to bloom.
Pick a season, it's either dust, bugs, or seeds.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

Rest snipped so Duane doesn't have to wade through all those "this is a 
copy" symbols.