[R-390] Restoring my '390

[Paul Anderson]

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Barry<n4buq at knology.net> wrote:

> Whatever you do, if you engrave them (or restore previously-engraved
> panels), it is ill-advised to attempt to have them powder-coated.  BTDT and
> the results are very "iffy".  One panel turned out good, the other had to
> have the engravings filled in, sanded smooth, and silk-screened.  Long,
> boring, sad story.
>

On one front panel I nicely painted and sent out for silk screening (I
forgot who), it turned out the the paint I used was too smooth so the
silkscreened letters beaded up and looked pretty bad.  I had to use
fine sandpaper to give it a flat finish before the paint could bite
well.

That was rustoleum smoke gray, which otherwise worked quite well.

Paul