[Tigers] guage needle paint

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Think I told this story before.....a person I know worked in a factory run  
by BF Goodrich Aerospace many yrs. ago. She soldered and assembled parts to 
 gauges.  Her place in the assembly line was to solder a few parts, paint  
the needle and assemble her section of the gauge.  I asked what the needle  
paint was and she said she didn't know. It was just something in a little 
bottle  and had a brush. She said the other people put one coat on the needle, 
but she  liked to put on 3 coats to make it look nice:-)
 Someone reminded me that these gauges were most probably calibrated  after 
final assembly and testing. But it seems funny when we worry about putting  
too much paint on our needles.  These gauges, being used in the  aerospace 
industry, gauges that were assembled by workers who had to become  certified 
solderers (never knew that designation existed) , each worker having a  
specific  task in the assembly and these gauges having to cost 10's of  
thousands of $ each, just got a few dabs of some kind of red paint
 
 
In a message dated 9/10/2016 3:19:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
tigers at autox.team.net writes:


Just make sure you don't put it on too thick. The extra weight of the  
paint on the tach and speedo needles will affect the gauge calibration unless  
you also go and tweak the counterweight location. 


Cheers,
Theo

On Sep 9, 2016, at 7:08 PM, Joe Brown via Tigers <_tigers at autox.team.net_ 
(mailto:tigers at autox.team.net) >  wrote:




I tried several different paints and found Model Master  fluorescent red # 
FS28915 at a hobby store. It shades a little towards  orange and was a 
perfect match to the color on the unfaded parts of my  needles. 
Regards,
Joe Brown 

On Sep 8, 2016 5:27 AM, "Ron Fraser via Tigers"  <_tigers at autox.team.net_ 
(mailto:tigers at autox.team.net) > wrote:


 
Jim 
NPD lists instrument gauge needle paint – Red/Orange   BP-0001R 
I have no idea  if it is a correct match – it’s one of the few places I’ve 
seen it  listed 
The Smiths  needle is florescent paint – Testors – Red Florescent paint 
looks close  but I don’t know how close. 
Ron  Fraser 
 
 
From: Tigers  [mailto:_tigers-bounces at autox.tigers-b_ 
(mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net) ] On Behalf Of  Rollright--- via Tigers
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016  2:47 PM
To: _tigers at autox.team.net_ (mailto:tigers at autox.team.net) 
Subject: [Tigers] guage  needle paint

 
Hello  all,
 

 
As  I've refurbished about half my gauges (or had others do it), a couple 
of  them still have the original
 
paint  on the needle.
 

 
May  I please have suggestions on where I can obtain matching orange/red 
paint  for the gauge needles?
 

 
Regards  to all,
 

 

 
Jim  Armstrong
382002083
Mk 1A
code 86
TAC #  0763



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