[Heathkit] SB series cabinet paint

[kim.herron at sbcglobal.net]

Hi Glen,

    You're right in that you've seen more than one color on Heath 
Cabinets.  What you don't realized is that they've changed color because 
of exposure to sun, etc as well as other factors.  The original color 
did not change but the chemical stability of the paint used from the 
early sixties to the late 70's did.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "Dennis Petrich" <radioart at charter.net>; <heathkit at mailman.qth.net>; 
<kim.herron at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] SB series cabinet paint


> Not a true statement!
>
> I have had quite a few Heath SB-Line equipment and have found at least 
> 5 different shades of green ranging from the light gray-green used on 
> the SB-104 to some pretty "unusual" shades of green.  All of those 
> were on cabinets that had NOT been repainted.
>
> My original SB-401 (bought in 1967) and my original SB-301 (bought in 
> 1968) had different colored cabinets.  Then I bought an SB-200 in 1969 
> and guess what, it had still another colored cabinet.  All of these 
> units were bought new in kit form directly from Heath.
>
> Right now I have an SB-301, SB-401, SB-620, SB-110A, and 2 each SB-600 
> units. Only 2 of those units had the same color cabinet.  Now I have 
> repainted all of them the light gray-green that was used on some of 
> the SB-Line cabinets and was used on the SB-104.  As I posted in my 
> answer to the question you can go to
>
> http://k9sth.com/Page_2.html
>
> and then scroll down to the heading "Articles".  The 8th link down is 
> to the paint formulas and the Heath light gray-green is there.
>
> Also, Heath definitely had at least 3 different shades of dark green 
> on the front panels and I have all 3 of those colors in the equipment 
> that I now have.
>
> Now Heath generally did NOT prime the SB-Line cabinets before painting 
> and the original paint will usually come off if you try putting the 
> cabinets in a dishwasher to clean them.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/25/08, kim.herron at sbcglobal.net 
> <kim.herron at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Contrary to popular opinion, Heath did indeed use the same color paint 
> on ALL of its SB series gear, even the SB104 series. Now you guys are 
> going to love this.  It is actually a 1962 Studebaker truck color.  IF 
> you can find a paint supply house around that has the 
> Martin-Senour/Sherwin-Williams books, you can get that paint and it 
> WILL be a dead nuts match.  I've been doing it for 17 years.
>
>
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