[R-390] R390 Front Panel Restored - Comments Wanted on color

[Robert P. Meadows]

Folks,
Go to Sherwin Williams, an Industrial facility, not the homeowners paint store, and have them mix the fed std color you need in either Ordnance Polyurethane or one of their other quality Urethanes, 218 is good.  It is not cheap, but, will give a lasting and proper color/finish.  You cannot get a decent finish on any panel with a spray can.  I have found that Harbor Freight gravity feed spray guns work as well as my Binks or Devilbiss units, and they are cheap, normally as low as $9.99 when on sale.  Of course you will need a decent air compressor with good filtering.

Note that the Fed Std 26152 is a semigloss or low luster finish.  The 1000xxx series is high gloss and of course the 3000x series is Flat, no gloss.
R

-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net <r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Tom Bridgers
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 9:31 PM
To: Charles Steinmetz <csteinmetz at yandex.com>
Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [R-390] R390 Front Panel Restored - Comments Wanted on color

I agree with Charles and Les.  Great paint job.  And yes, I’ve owned many R-390’s and R-390A’s and there is a wide variation in color.

Enjoy,
Tom KE4RHH 


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> On Jun 29, 2019, at 5:08 PM, Charles Steinmetz <csteinmetz at yandex.com> wrote:
> 
> John wrote:
> 
>> Pic attached.  I'm not thrilled with the color, I would have much 
>> preferred the FED-STD-26152 from Coronado but I was having so many 
>> problems with spraying it and getting it cure in a timely fashion - 
>> it cures slower than any other brand I've ever used.
> 
> You have a very handsome 390.  I have worked on dozens and dozens of them, and can say unequivocally that the color is WELL within the wide variation of original colors.  Regardless of what a spec sheet says, or a can of paint on Collins' shelf looked like, they were just NOT all one color -- and the variation is quite substantial.
> 
> Time to relax and use it in the intended manner.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
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