Colour matching a Horn !!
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- Victor III
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Colour matching a Horn !!
Had an HMV horn with some areas of paint loss so off to B and Q to see the paint man ! First time he had ever scanned a horn but it worked really well and the touch up paint was a great match !!
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- Victor II
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Re: Colour matching a Horn !!
Some one told me that this could be done. That is matching color of horn at a modern store like Home Depot or some such place but have never seen it done. I have wondered. Nice to know. Thanks.
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- Victor VI
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Re: Colour matching a Horn !!
What was the touch up paint ? wood gloss or some other type of paintGramtastic wrote:Had an HMV horn with some areas of paint loss so off to B and Q to see the paint man ! First time he had ever scanned a horn but it worked really well and the touch up paint was a great match !!
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- Victor III
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Hi, yes it was ordinary gloss paint. It was interesting to use 21st Century laser colour scanning with early 20th century gramophone technology !
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Re: Colour matching a Horn !!
Great idea... a fellow collector I know used this technique to match the cream paint color of a Victrola kids machine and finished it with Greg Cline's childrens decals...
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"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Re: Colour matching a Horn !!
Is that paint original to the horn? If so its very bright and glossy for its age. I have a generic horned Swiss machine with decent paint inside and horrible on the outside (obviously stored bell down) and I might try to get the interior paint matched to repaint the exterior.
Great advice, Thanks
Great advice, Thanks
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- Victor III
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Re: Colour matching a Horn !!
Hi Jake,
Yes it is totally original. I wouldn't normally repaint any horn but there were a few scratches where the shiny tin underneath was showing through and spoiled the look of it. I am very pleased with the touch up as you are matching to what is already 100 plus years old and faded.
Yes it is totally original. I wouldn't normally repaint any horn but there were a few scratches where the shiny tin underneath was showing through and spoiled the look of it. I am very pleased with the touch up as you are matching to what is already 100 plus years old and faded.