[ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...

Ham Op k5yy at cox.net
Wed Sep 24 20:37:51 EDT 2008


Let me bring my wife back in to look! hi   And, I took the top cover into a 
paint store and the two owners both went to the gray, sprayed on a wooden 
flat stirring stick and put up next to the cover. Neither one went to the 
green color. BUT, I will go search this out..
TU for sleuth work.. hi
San K5YY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Brad Smith" <ka5cdj at ka5cdj.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:30 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...


>I Guess I MUST have developed Color Blindness myself .... All My Icom Rigs
> IC-781, IC-9000, IC-970 are a very dark GREEN.
>
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> Subject: [ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...
>
> Ken:
>   Thanks so much! Did not know of a hammered unique finish.. What will 
> they
>
> come up with next?  I did find out today that I was using "metalic" paint, 
> a
>
> BIG blunder on my part. That was causing the almost black color at certain
> angles and real silvery from directly above. I had the top color matched 
> at
> a paint store and it turned out to be medium gray matt (slightly shinier
> than flat and less that semigloss).. But, when I put it on, the color
> appeared slightly lighter than original but the black reflections from
> metalic settling is now gone. So, I think the dark gray or charcoal would
> have been better and slightly darker. I paid $13 for a large can and could
> not buy the real small can. Now I either go with the darker gray matt or 
> use
>
> the Rustoleum dark gray primer and see what happens. Boy, is this fun! hi
>   Thanks again.
> San K5YY
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