"Roadie" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 2:41 pm, "Dale Parfitt" wrote:
"Roadie" wrote in message

ups.com... On Jun 4,
1:12 am, "Dale Parfitt" wrote:
Drake MS-7 speaker just went for $192! It took me 2 E-Mails but
finally
got
an admission that the speaker has the Drake sticky paint on it.
Someone is going to be disappointed.

W4OP

Drake sticky paint????????? What is the significance of sticky vs
nonsticky Drake paint.

For a period of time, the paint Drake used on their 7 line that broke
down
after time and became a sticky mess. The only real alternative is to
strip,
prime, paint and bake the cabinet. I have seen some fixes for the sticky
paint and they all look to be a half fix at best. You can also send the
cabinets to Hartzell to get an original finish, but that solution os not
cheap. Anyone paying almost $200 for an MS-7 that is described as near
mint, certainly is not expecting to pay out another $75--$100 to get it
made right.

Dale W4OP

That's interesting information, thanks for posting it. I would have
to think that an otherwise new MS-7 speaker that had been stripped and
repainted would be worth considerably less to a collector because it
was no longer original.

I have repainted Drake 4 line cabinets using the same splatter finish
technique that look identical to the original. You need an air brush with
some modified nozzles.
Unless you have seen the sticky paint, it is hard to imagine how disgusting
it is- everthing that touches it, hair, dust, etc gets imbedded in the
finish.
The concern of most collectors is the front panel, but one would certainly
want to know about the cabinet finish.
And you're right Steve, in Martyn World it was "sticky mint". You just have
to learn to translate.

Dale