I'd really appreciate it if you could post some close up
pictures of the surface texture on that hammer tone Rustoleum
you sprayed CL. We're constantly open to new ideas here at
Graham's garage.
I've got every hammer tone color that Hammerite and Rustoleum
both offer in rattle cans and a couple of quarts of the some.
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/151322365 They all leave the pock marked texture that Greg and I have
described. The original "hammer tone" finish on the Harrison
heaters, had a very smooth texture just like that which a
straight solid color paint would leave. The "hammer tone"
pattern on the heaters showed up in the pigmentation of the
paint not as a surface texture. The "fish eye" that Greg
mentioned is just exactly what it is, and as I said, I was told
some years back that it comes from the presents of silicone in
the paint.
Just as our world is moving more and more toward water based
paints, most of the specialty paints have had their compounds
modified to comply with EPA standards. There were many chemical
elements used in the decorative texture paints of the past,
that have been banned for use in todays paint. This required
manufacturers to come up with substitute compounds to achieve
the textures and patterns. Metallic in paint's aren't the same,
the resins aren't the same, the thinners aren't the same, the
pigments aren't the same, the compounds that force the wrinkle
or hammer tone aren't the same.
So the end result and the best we can expect is a somewhat
disappointing match to the original color tint, reflectivity
and surface textures.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
