I just finished up restoring a Viking Valiant and painted the cabinet flat black. It looks pretty good and was a lot cheaper that trying to match up the deep maroon that Johnson used. The only hard part of it was stripping the old paint off. Probably $5 in material to get a decent cabinet. 73's Greg WA7LYO Kinston NC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wilhite" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 5:47 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Original Ranger >I have heard others say what Bry told you. Don't know where you are, > but a larger auto parts store should have that stuff in a spray can. It > is a Pontiac color from 1959 IIRC. If you can find it in Dupli-Color > all the better. The automotive paint they sell in cans comes with a > nozzle that puts out a fan shape rather than the round pattern. Much > better for things like you want to do. > > If you don't have any luck with them either having it, or ordering (NAPA > is a good source) then you can take a chip at least 1" square to someone > with a computer matching machine and get the formula. Again a larger > auto parts store should be able as would a larger Sherwin-Williams > store. > > Jim/W5JO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> Does anyone know where to purchase Ranger paint for the cabinet or >> have the >> color code and the Mfg to buy from? >> >> Phil >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
