[Milsurplus] Army Green Painting

[Andrew.MacAllister at emerson.com]

Very nice.
Thanks for the info!
Andy W5ACM

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From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net [milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael D. Harmon [mharmon at att.net]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 9:01 PM
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Milsurplus] Army Green Painting

I thought I'd pass along something that I've discovered through
experimentation.

I had an LS-166/U speaker that had been repainted flat black and looked
awful.

I discovered that 91% isopropyl alcohol and a little scrubbing would
remove the sprayed-on flat black paint without
removing the baked-on factory OD green paint, however, there were areas
where the original finish was gone.  I sanded the
enclosure with 400 and then 600 sandpaper until the surface was smooth
and the edges of the missing paint were
feathered out.  Now, what to paint it with?

I went looking for paint to match the original OD color as closely as
possible.  Rustoleum Camouflage #1919 Deep Forest
Green was almost a perfect match.  There was only one problem.  The
Rustoleum paint is extremely flat so as to be non-reflecting.
The paint used on Army comm gear has a little bit of a satin finish.  I
decided to try painting the speaker case with the Camo paint
first, and then using a clear coat of Krylon Satin Crystal Clear over
the flat camo paint.

I was delighted with the results!  The color is almost a dead-ringer
match, and there's just enough sheen from the Krylon satin clear
coat to make the resulting finish look almost exactly like the factory
green finish.

Any of you who need to repaint a piece of Army comm gear should try
this.  Use a small piece at first to see if you like the results before
stripping down a piece of vintage gear.

Mike, WB0LDJ
mharmon at att.net
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