[ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...

[rev. don]

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Don W4BWS
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From: "bmartn" <bmarton at maine.rr.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:43 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...


> Once again...when will this thread end... I am getting a very worn delete
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> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Ham Op
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 8:38 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...
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> 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>
> To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:30 PM
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] 781 cabinet paint, revisited...
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>>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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>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Ham Op
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 18:57 PM
>> To: ICOM Reflector
>> 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,
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>> 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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