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12th Jun 2021, 4:16 pm | #1 |
Triode
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Bristol, UK.
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Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
Hey folks is anyone aware of a paint service able to provide the black wrinkle finish found on vintage equipment i.e. Collins radio etc?
73s Ian G6TVJ |
12th Jun 2021, 5:01 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Wiltshire, UK.
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
Rattle-cans of the stuff - "VHT" - are available from companies like Frost - https://www.frost.co.uk/vht-black-wrinkle-finish-310ml/
It works well - I have done quite a few bits of homebrew test-gear using it [my style-aesthetic for homebrew stuff is very much 1940s/50s industrial/military]. On aluminium I use a very fine misting of acid-etch primer [U-Pol Acid #8, available from Halfords] to improve adhesion. Last edited by G6Tanuki; 12th Jun 2021 at 5:08 pm. |
12th Jun 2021, 5:03 pm | #3 |
Heptode
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Southeast Norfolk, UK.
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
I used a local powder coating business for my Collin TCS cabinets, they look pretty good. They did some Hallicrafters kit too, a big BC-939 ATU and an HT-11 marine set.
Not cheap but worth it. 73 Roger/G3VKM |
12th Jun 2021, 9:24 pm | #4 |
Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Tonbridge, Kent, UK.
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
Also try the paint for MGB dashboards, available from various MG parts specialists.
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13th Jun 2021, 12:14 pm | #5 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: W.Butterwick, near Doncaster UK.
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
Long ago, as I once mentioned before , it was called " Camera Crackle Finish". Or that was available in little tins to brush on.
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13th Jun 2021, 3:37 pm | #6 |
Tetrode
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Monterey, California USA
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
The Collins paint may look black, but it is actually called "St. James Gray" and is its own special shade. That being said, I don't know of anyone making wrinkle spray cans of St. James Gray .
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13th Jun 2021, 6:31 pm | #7 |
Pentode
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Crewe, Cheshire, UK.
Posts: 138
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Re: Collins style black wrinkle paint finish
Hi Ian,
I've had equipment cases black wrinkle finished by Dumelow's in Burton on Trent - easy to Google their details - I was very pleased with their work. Roger G4BZI |