[Yaesu] cabinet painting

[Lee Noonan]

Hi again,

You would maybe be better off painting with Tremclad,
then rubbing it down and painting again...
or just Tremclading it once.....
I have usually just painted new aluminium boxes with spray can flat or semi 
flat black or
 even wrinkle finish black paint with no problems..
I never used a gray primer...

Lee     VK2LEE





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: "Michael - VE3MKX" <mkx at sympatico.ca>; "Heath . tempe" 
<heath at listserv.tempe.gov>; "Yaesu" <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Yaesu] cabinet painting


You need a primer that is made for aluminum.
"Regular" gray primer won't work!  It works fine on
steel but not really on aluminum.

Glen, K9STH


--- Michael - VE3MKX <mkx at sympatico.ca> wrote:

Hi,   Im starting to get frustrated painting an
aluminum radio cabinet.

Here's the problem.   I sanded the old paint surface
down...  I primed it, light grey primer....  Then I
paint it with Tremclad semi-gloss paint.  _The primer
went on great, a perfect paint job._ Every time I try
painting on the final colour, it goes fish-eyed
(bubbles on the surface of the metal)  I later sanded
the surface, prime then paint..prime goes on
perfect...same thing.









Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Yaesu mailing list
Yaesu at mailman.qth.net
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/yaesu

-----------------------------------------------------------
Products bought, sold or traded here is the responsibility of the
parties involved.  This list and the City of Tempe are not responsible
for losses or misrepresentations of any kind.  Buyer beware!

-----------------------------------------------------------
This list is a public service of the City of Tempe, Arizona
-----------------------------------------------------------

Subscription control - http://www.tempe.gov/lists/control.asp?list=HEATH
To post - HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
Archives - http://listserv.tempe.gov/archives/HEATH.html