[Hallicrafters] Wrinkle Paint: MIL-E-5558A

[Carl]

I bought a gallon some years ago from a local company that restored 50's 
diner and restaurant table bases, etc. Cost me $25. They are out of business 
as the fad died so Ive got to start looking again fairly soon.

Carl
KM1H



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To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Wrinkle Paint: MIL-E-5558A


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> From: ss409ss at aol.com
> To: ka1kaq <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 9:17 am
> Subject: Re: Re: [Hallicrafters] Wrinkle Paint: MIL-E-5558A
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> You may be able to order wrinkle paint without the milspec designation for 
> less. Tell them you want Harley Davidson wrinkle for the engine cases. if 
> you want to see it, go to your local dealer and look at the Dyna series of 
> bikes and see if this fits the bill.
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>  The paint supply house can alter the amount of wrinkle additive to 
> tighten or loosen the wrinkle and the gloss in the base. But this should 
> be right on the money as is. Also the amount of wrinkle depends on the 
> amount of heat you apply during curing.
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> The HD wrinkle is tough stuff and they have it at the dealer in rattle 
> cans too but any auto paint shop should be able to mix quantity. One 
> gallon should be able to do a gaggle of radios and you can maybe work a 
> deal with other to sell off what you don't need. Buying it this way may be 
> cheaper than stating milspec by a few bucks. Regards Richy N2ZD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ka1kaq at gmail.com
> To: kirklandb
> Cc: hallicrafters
> Sent: Thu, Nov 10, 2011 8:11 am
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Wrinkle Paint: MIL-E-5558A
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> Likely the Mil-specification is the reason for the price, being gov't
> related, and the need for gov't to waste money faster than they can
> print it.
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> The one gallon price is probably not too bad for someone running a
> paint shop, who could paint a lot of cabinets at $50-$100 each out of
> one gallon. The availability in more colors than basic black makes it
> even more attractive.
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> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:03 PM,  <kirklandb at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> In my ever on going search for wrinkle paint, I came across a Military
> reference for Wrinkle Paint: MIL-E-5558A.
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>> Several web listings show companies referencing this. I checked with one
> (pwpaints).
>> It is not cheap: $295 / gallon but apparently you can order any color, 
>> 2-3
> weeks.
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>> I think I'll stick with VHT Black Wrinkle for now.
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>> but perhaps someone out there knows where this Mil paint can be had for 
>> less ?
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