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How did I miss that from Penn Elcom? That's sensibly priced as well. Here's the web page https://www.penn-elcom.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Armacab Does this mean that if I brought white I could tint it red ? Rob

There are two people bidding for this. I'd bet your kidney that at least one is the a friend of the seller pushing the price up, possibly both. I'd keep as far away from this as possible.

What were the shipping costs for this from France?

Depending on dates we are up to trio. Can people let me know what dates work for them. Let's try and aim for late April to early May please.

Got a small tin of Hammerite Hammered Red. Need to find some oil based primer and will try tomorrow. Too cold now.

I've contacted Aldcrofts. I'm quite neat Bolton so let's see what they say. I'll also look at the Hammerite stuff

We've all had the same thoughts and come to similar conclusions which I find highly amusing. One other thing to add, the Aldcrofts paint (which I think is Tuff Cab) only has an unopened shelf life of six months. I worked out that doing two 8" cabs with three coats uses approx 1Kg, and the chances of me using it again is low, so its very expensive to paint two cabs. If I lived closer to people I'd happily pass tins along but unlikely to happen. I like the look of the Hammered Hammerite but thats not cheap either at circa £10 / 250ml. There is this site that tests how it works on different woods and it comes through with flying colours. They don't mention the primer they use though. https://patientgardener.co.uk/can-you-paint-hammerite-on-wood/ I have seen a suggestion of using an oil based primer for undercoat https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=93459 I think I'll head to Settle later and see what they have in my local DIY store. Hammered red might be interesting and if nothing more, I'll use the can on something. Rob

Does anybody have any experience of Granotone speaker paint? I'm looking at options for finishing the cab. So far I could paint it in a similar way to @Pea Turgh or I could use a more traditional textured speaker paint or I could do something off the wall like Rustins textured step paint in red. I rather fancied red speakers and did look at Tuff Cab but they have none in stock of any colour. I've been told Tuff Cab is really Aldcrofts in Bolton but a number of people elsewhere have stated that Aldcrofts are very difficult to deal with. I'll drop them an email and see what they say. I can drive to Bolton quite easily if I choose to work in Manchester for the day. Most of the black speaker paint appears to be expensive and come in quarts or fathoms or gallons or something. The Warnex stuff appears to be in German and even though I lived in Hamburg for a while my German is crap. There's doesn't appear to be a lot of choice here so wondered if anybody had tried Granotone or have other suggestions for a tough finish. It looks like there are more open mics and other sessions comjng up so I think I need a tough finish on these cabs. Thoughts welcomed. Rob

You are very welcome, so far it's a duet with a possibility of @neepheid

and ignored by eBay who state that AI and other automated mechanisms have determined the ad is OK :(

I didn't say who Mission Control is....

Will check with Mission Control as to whether I'm allowed out or not...

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