[SEL] original paint

[Arnie Fero]

G'day Russell,

I would definitely be interested in hearing the details.
Tommy Turner once told me that he's mixed a small amount of paint into
a boiled linseed oil / mineral spirits mix to add a bit of color.  He says
that it matched the original worn finish very nicely.

See ya,  Arnie

Arnie Fero
Pittsburgh, PA
fero_ah at city-net.com

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Russell Gilbert wrote:

> Hi Arnie and others, reading this just reminded me of a conversation
> I had with Tom Lingard (the new hornsby reg guy) about his recent
> trip to the Uk, He was talking about some amazing paint finishes that
> he has seen were the owners have actually re-painted the whole engine
> to resemble an original "WORKING CLOTHES' look.  Tom said that if he
> was not told that had been repainted he would never had known it not
> to be a top class example of an original as is engine.  I will try
> and follow this up over the weekend as he was going to send a couple
> of pics to me showing the engines in question.  Could be a good
> project for the game on an engine that really needs a paint job.
> Can't be that hard can it??? I often see new furniture with the
> antique look. Even my sister can do it and she's a girl!! ..... :-)