[Hallicrafters] Goodbye, Old Paint, I'm-a leavin' Cheyenne...

[Roger K8RI]

Glen took the words right out of my mouth, or off my keyboard.
when you purchase paint they mix the pigments into the "white" base to get 
the desire colors.  Just purchase the base and tell them to forget the 
colors.  OTOH white usually is a poor choice and a slightly warmer "off 
white" will make the place more comfortable.  One problem with "white" is 
fixing up areas.  The white base will discolor with age, or it'll be 
discolored by *stuff* in the air and particularly so in an area where people 
smoke. Here the off white is much easier to match even if it's change a bit. 
OTOH I've seen more than a few offices that needed brown to match what was 
originally white.



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

> On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 00:08 -0400, Roger K8RI wrote:
>> Not to worry as Hallicrafters couldn't seem to get the same colors twice 
>> in
>> a row any way.
>
> Have you ever tried to buy a can of white paint?
> You know - for the walls?
>
> We redid the office at work.  They asked what color we wanted.  We,
> being men, thought about it for damn near two seconds and said WHITE.
>
> You cannot purchase a can of white paint if your life depended on it.
> It's not even listed in those silly color charts.
>
>
> You also cannot get a can of whatever they call it yellow that they
> paint the street lines with.
>
> Bloody hell, what's an inferior decorator to do?
>
>
>
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