[Milsurplus] Painting Aluminum - BC-348 in particular

[J. Forster]

Faux finish. (French for false)

-John

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> It reminds me of the techniques used by the Phoue (SP?) finishers of
> furniture and walls.  They use sponges, crumpled paper, and all kinds of
> material to give texture to the paint.  They can make plain wood look
> like marble.
> Maybe they could duplicate the alligator paint on an old boatanchor like
> a Globe King 500. =-O
> 73  GARY
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>
>
> On 5/16/2010 9:57 AM, swkb4dmf at windstream.net wrote:
>> ---- Mike Hanz<aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> Credit where it's due, this is a technique posted over a decade ago ago
>>>
>> by Dave Stinson on the old Porch Boatanchors reflector, and it works
>> very well *for small spots*...far better than trying to control film
>> thickness with two separate coats of black wrinkle painted on with a
>> brush.
>>
>> Had I have known Dave was to get the credit I would have certainly
>> passed it on, sorry Dave. :-)
>> It was passed to me by a friend named Joe Fox. He may be a list member,
>> but I'm not sure.
>> I wish I could take credit though because it is a very cool technique.
>> It's one of those...'why didn't I think of that'.... sort of ideas.
>>
>> Steve,
>> KB4DMF
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