Matching SB paints

[Jim Simmons, kf4tun]

You are right about the different shades that heath used for the sb
cabinets.  The shade I am talking about is that light gray blue they had.
Look at a HD-15 phone patch or a sb-610, that's the shade I am speaking of.
I see paint selling on ebay for $10.00, plus shipping, which is suppose to
match the sb case, also a unknown brand. The paint I am speaking of is a
known brand, you can get it almost everywhere, and it is only $3.50 to 4.50
for a 12 oz. can.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at YAHOO.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:31 AM
Subject: Re: Matching SB paints


> Actually, I have found at least 5 different colors
> that Heath used on the SB-Line cabinets.  These range
> from a pretty "putrid" shade of green to a much more
> pleasing gray with a hint of blue.
>
> I have seen equipment bought at the same time with
> totally different cabinet paint!  Thus, I think that
> Heath's suppliers painted the cabinets with whatever
> color was in the gun at the time.  At least it looks
> so!
>
> What I have finally done is to have the color that is
> most appealing to me matched by Sherwin-Williams in a
> satin finish acrylic paint.  I then repainted all of
> my cabinets (SB-101, SB-110A, SB-301, SB-401, SB-630,
> and two SB-600) all the same color.  That way things
> "look" the same.  Previous to this I had no less than
> 4 different colored cabinets.  The 5th paint job was
> on an SB-303 that I traded off a couple of years ago.
>
> The front panels have at least 3 different shades of
> green, possibly more.  However, since repainting of
> the panels would involve silk-screening I have had to
> leave them as is.  Fortunately, my SB-301 and SB-401
> have the same color.  Since the other equipment sits
> in different positions on my "console" the fact that
> the front panels are not the same color is not as
> obvious.
>
> Collins Radio, in the S-Line is pretty much "right on"
> to the same color.  Thus, I didn't even think of
> repainting any of my S-Line equipment.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> --- Jim Simmons <jimsim at ADELPHIA.NET> wrote:
>
> When I painted the whole case and let it dry for about
> 12 hours, I compared it to a SB-600 (original paint)
> and there was a match.
>
> =====
> Glen, K9STH
>
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