[Hallicrafters] Hali Paint jobs

[Roger K8RI]

>I have found a "Dupli-Color" auto paint for GM called "Silver Sand"  that 
>is

Thanks, I'll look into that one as well.  Is it an enamel?

> a perfect match for the Hallicrafters lids.  It's a tad pricey in the 
> small
> cans, but it is very good quality paint.  Generally, one can will easily 
> do
> two lids.

Everything is relative.  I have a gallon of "Imeron" (TM) two part out in 
the shop that easily cost more than any of my HT32s or SX101s and I think it 
was more than the Nice HT-33B. <:-))

And I have 6 cabinets to do. With the time it takes to do a good prep job 
I'm willing to shell out a bit more for good paint.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger K8RI" <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>
> To: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>; <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, 07 June 2005 1:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Hali Paint jobs
>
>
>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Roger K8RI <hallicraftersgroup at rogerhalstead.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > I tried the Krylon Semi Gloss black and although the
>> > color is about right the finish doesn't match any of
>> > the rigs on the bench or in the racks.
>> >
>> > Glen, K9STH
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