[Hallicrafters] Powder Coating

[Jim Wilhite]

Be sure to double check their prices.  If they do motorcycle 
parts, those things usually cost a fortune.  Motorcycle 
riders will pay most anything for a bit of chrome like duck 
hunter may shoot at anything that flies. :>)

Jim/W5JO



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at rapidsys.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 8:45 AM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] Powder Coating


> Next week I am going to drive up and check out the 
> company.  I have a
> HT-32B, SX-100, and three Johnson Invader cabinets that 
> need to be
> refinished.  The Invaders are a gray winkle finish.  The 
> adherence of the
> original finish is VERY poor.  It seems as if any kind of 
> a bump will cause
> it to flake.
>
> The company is Brothers Powder Coating in New Port Richey, 
> FL.  Looking at
> their web site they do architectural and marine coating 
> among other things
> but have a number of bill boards around the area 
> advertising coating of
> motorcycle parts.
>
> David
> KC2JD/4
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WA1KBQ at aol.com [mailto:WA1KBQ at aol.com]
>> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:03 PM
>> To: dhallam at rapidsys.com; hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Powder Coating
>>
>>
>> It's the way to go because it is cured with heat which 
>> results in
>> a finish
>> that is tough and scratch resistant like the original. In 
>> calling
>>  the original
>> scratch resistant I mean compared to a typical spray can 
>> repaint job.
>> Anyway, painter skill and experience will make a big 
>> difference
>> in finished quality
>> as there is often a tendency to apply the  paint too 
>> thick and
>> the paint has
>> an additional tendency to orange peel. If you  discuss 
>> these
>> issues ahead of
>> time with your painter they can be  avoided provided he 
>> knows
>> what he is doing.
>> Also, most powder paint is too  glossy and your freshly 
>> painted
>> cabinet will
>> look like a repaint. Try to pick  some flat or semi gloss 
>> shades
>> and you will
>> be much happier with the results. I  have a local powder 
>> painter
>> I have worked
>> with on some SX-88 cabinets with  regard to degree of 
>> gloss and
>> the results
>> have been fabulous and practically  undetectable from the
>> original. I have also
>> had one done before that was so bad  I had to get someone 
>> else to
>> do it over.
>>
>> Regards, Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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