jiceblues
149 posts
Dec 30, 2012
2:12 AM
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I manage to paint my SP20 covers with different colors :
green for A , yellow for D , and so on...
Can someone tell me a non-toxic paint or a paint + non-toxic varnish ( easy to apply , of course )
Thank's
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Kingley
2076 posts
Dec 30, 2012
2:07 AM
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Try looking at paints and varnish for children's toys. As they have to be food safe. If you wanted to spend a little cash, you can also buy powder coated covers in various colours from www.bluemoonharmonicas.com.
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jiceblues
150 posts
Dec 30, 2012
3:14 AM
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Yes , the powder coated covers from TOM are fine , but i don't have much cash ...
I'm gonna search for children toys paint& varnish .
Thank you , KINGLEY .
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jiceblues
151 posts
Dec 30, 2012
3:25 AM
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Well , you only find it for wood toys and it's quite expensive .The colors are not very beautiful...
I think BLUEMOONHARMONICAS is the way to go .
Hey , TOM , you should have a store in FRANCE ! lol .
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CarlA
220 posts
Dec 30, 2012
5:19 AM
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If the colors are purely intended to decipher between different keys, why not just paint the side of the comb instead of the entire coverplate? Or place a color coded stickers instead?
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jiceblues
152 posts
Dec 30, 2012
6:36 AM
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It's not only for the key , it's for fun...i'm searching how we can say powder coating in french...lol.
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Philosofy
438 posts
Dec 30, 2012
8:05 AM
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This is trickier than you might think. I've been in the coatings industry since 1985, so I know a little about this. In fact, I'm looking at getting my harp covers painted also.
The problem is that not a lot of coatings have good adhesion to chrome plated stainless steel.
Your best bet is powder coatings. If you want a specific color, you might have to pay $$$, but if you ask them to spray the cover when they are doing a different part, then that might take a lot of the expense out. (Cleaning the gun and spray booth is time consuming, so its better to piggyback off of someone else's job.)
I'm going to be using a 2 component urethane from Sherwin Williams called Polane. Its not available to general consumers.
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florida-trader
218 posts
Dec 30, 2012
8:31 AM
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@jiceblues I have a lot of customers in France. Shipping is very inexpensive. French harp players love the powder coated covers. Philosofy is exactly right with regards to piggybacking. If you can find a local powder coating shop who will let you throw your covers in with a batch they are doing for another customer they can give you a better price than doing a separate batch for you alone. That's how I got started but now I get so many plates done myself that I can justify the expense of a separate "batch fee". I typically get 100+ sets of covers done in each batch. I will say that I have been very fortunate to have found vendors who have been intrigued by my projects to the degree that they have been willing to accommodate me. There is no way I could have advanced my cause had it not been for some very generous and helpful people.
@jiceblues - email me privately and let's see if we can work something out.
Lastly, I was planning to announce a blow-out sale on powder coated Special 20 covers. I have a ton of brand new covers. I'll put this up on the For Sale thread later but I have them available for only $$14.95 per set - while supplies last.
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
Last Edited by on Dec 30, 2012 8:32 AM
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Philosofy
439 posts
Dec 30, 2012
9:55 AM
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By the way, I'm going to share my color coding strategy:
First, don't you hate it when you grab your harp, and start playing it upside down? That's why I'm going to have the bottom plates of my major keys colored white, and the sharps and flats' bottom covers will be black (just like the piano keys.) The only exception will be high G and low F: those will have gray bottom covers.
That solves the upside down harp, but what about grabbing the right key? Here's my color scheme:
F=Fruit= Orange
C= Cobalt Blue
G= Grape = Purple
D= Dainty = Pink
A= Candy Apple Red
E= Emerald = Green
B= Banana = Yellow
When I get mine done, I will post pics. Since I have access to lots of neat stuff, the colors will have effect pigments in them: sparkles, color shifting, etc.
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jiceblues
154 posts
Dec 30, 2012
10:17 AM
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For not grabbing the harp upside-down(it happened to me very often while gigging) i put a key sticker on the right end of the comb .
My color scheme would be :
A -green
D-yellow
C-orange
F-blue
Bb-moonstone
Don't ask me why...
@TOM: i sent you an e-mail .
These are the main keys i use .
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Nisei
26 posts
Dec 30, 2012
10:31 AM
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What exactly is a powder coating? Is it like what's on a Suzuki Hammond?
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jiceblues
155 posts
Dec 30, 2012
10:46 AM
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I can't tell you , my english is too bad .
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nacoran
6333 posts
Dec 30, 2012
11:13 AM
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Tom's covers are beautiful. I also have some of his stickers. I've put together a beautiful sunrise harp with the sunrise sticker and an orange comb. I think it's my best looking harp! I have a purple cover from Tom that I put on a purple comb from Chris Reynolds that looks snazzy too.
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KingoBad
1232 posts
Dec 30, 2012
12:40 PM
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The stickers are awesome! I love mine! They are particularly helpful playing on a rack...
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Danny
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jiceblues
156 posts
Dec 30, 2012
1:35 PM
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I didn't find the stickers on the website...
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Jehosaphat
399 posts
Dec 30, 2012
1:38 PM
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I never now have the problem of picking up a harp upside down.
I replace the tiny bolts and or those thingies that look the same at either end(well on a darkish stage anyway)with longer bolts and proper nuts so the shank of the bolt sticks out about a quarter inch on the underside.
Basically even in a coalmine i could find the right way up by feel alone.
Not terribly pretty i suppose but hey these are working harps so i'm not too worried about the look of them.
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jiceblues
158 posts
Dec 30, 2012
1:44 PM
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Working harps , that's the right word .I'd say :
good friends too .
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florida-trader
219 posts
Dec 30, 2012
9:45 PM
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@jiceblues - I did not see an email from you. Perhaps you can try again. The "stickers", which I call Harmonica Skinz are made from the same 3M vinyl that is used to wrap cars and trucks. You can find them on my website here: http://www.bluemoonharmonicas.com/harps/misc
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Tom Halchak
www.BlueMoonHarmonicas.com
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