Hello Skipp,
I haven't refinished a Dentron Cabinet, but I rebuild/refinish Dental and
Medical Equipment. I use a PPG product DP401 Primer. It is a 2 part Epoxy
primer that will take lacquer or acrylic enamel over it. It isn't cheap,
about $40.00 for the 2 Cans (about a quart). It is the best primer I have
found. Comes LF now (lead free), and in 2 kinds, mix and use or mix and
wait 30 minutes for . I like the latter.
If you have pits etc, several coats and sanding will give a nice base to
whatever you decide to use. Comes in a dark green for darker overcoats and a
grey for lighter overcoats. Follow directions and use a respirator as it
contains some serious chemicals.
An automotive arylic enamel paint with a hardener makes a good top coat, and
is very durable. The paint place can match anything you bring them a sample
of. This isn'cheap either, about $30.00 per quart.
Any automotive paint place will have this stuff, and if you don't have a
compressor and paint gun, they sell little glass bottles with compressed air
can on bottle for small jobs at about $5.00 each.
Have Fun,
Mike-- AB5XP
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From: nospam4me@juno.com <nospam4me@juno.com>
To: amps@contesting.com <amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:27 PM
Subject: [AMPS] Cabinet Refinishing
>
>[snip]
>From: K4ZDZ@aol.com
>Not a very technical subject I know but, I'd like some advice from those
>of
>you who have refinished the cabinet of your Dentron (and really liked the
>
>outcome). Did you use black paint (flat, semi-gloss enamel) or black
>lacquer
>and, did you use a primer first? |
>hello,
>I've got a friend that runs a sand blasting and painting service. After
>cleaning and sandblasting my projects, he paints the epoxy type paint
>primer onto the metal. Hard as a rock and it comes in an almost exact
>Collins color gray which is just fine for me. Ask for the epoxy based
>primer if your painting with your own air gun. You may not want to
>bother with paint once you see how nice it looks.
>cheers
>skipp
>
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