Are there any other members of the War between the states still around?
Dirt works really well on M1's when painting. Makes a nice surface.
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From: Eugene PANTANO <snoshu@market1.com>
To: SCHERRER, TIM <TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>; mil-veh@skylee.com
<mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Painting MVs
>Did you have to pay this guy to make that statement..??? I don't know
>guys..now really. Gloss paints have a "clear" in them. While curing, the
>gloss comes to the surface when the paint "flashes".. Get my drift. Then
>when you begin to wear this "gloss" coat off the OD paint..?? what do you
>think is going to happen..?? Yup--you get those ugly white edges.. Stick to
>the real stuff (talc?? $&& $%#$) I used talc on my models as a filler on
>the balsa... but that was before dirt. In the real army we went as far as
>to mix "extra fine" sand in the paint that we strained through some brass
>screens that were ripped from a diesel filter. We even used powdered metal
>for attracting radar..sure lit up the MILES gear.....!!!! Remember guys, I
>was born before Hitler invaded Poland...1SG PANTANO
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SCHERRER, TIM <TIMS@ACADEMIC.TRUMAN.EDU>
>To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
>Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 12:39 PM
>Subject: [MV] Painting MVs
>
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>>Hi to everyone.
>>
>>I don't claim to be an expert, or in fact claim to be a novice either in
>>this area, but I am curious to what people think of this.
>>
>>Last May I was talking to some of the people at the Armed Forces Museum
>>in St Louis, and they suggested one way to better prevent rusting of
>>flat OD painted vehicles is to use a gloss coat of the same color on the
>>primer, and the top coat as flat. If the flat wears off you get a
>>shiner spot, but the paint does a better job overall of protecting the
>>metal.
>>
>>Has anyone else done this or know anything about this?
>>
>>TAS
>>
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>>* Facilities Supervisor your life", Ron Scherrer, 1971 *
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