Wireless Set No. 52 Canadian - Project

[David Dunlop]

This arrived today from Amazon.

When I discovered I was dealing with an aluminum plate for the front panel of the Coil, Aerial Tuning No. 2 A, I realized I had not had any aluminum primer on hand since I worked on my WIRE-5 project back in the 1970's. Back then, the 'Go To' primer for aluminum was the green Zinc Chromate stuff used in the aviation industry and I was able to source cans of it from Perimeter Aviation here in town. I was not at all surprised to discover the price of this stuff has gone through the roof since the 70's.

When checking for alternate products on the web, this product came up and caught my eye because it is a white primer, not the old green I had used years ago. When I was restoring the various cast zinc knobs and handles on the rest of the 52-set a few years ago, I had to find a correct primer for working with zinc or galvanized items and the product I found was also white. So I will be using the same process for the front panel of the tuning coil. A first coat of the white aluminum primer. let is cure and give it a coat of standard grey primer and then the top coat.

Just a can of xylene to track down now and I will be good to go for spray painting down the road.


David