02GF74
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 09:00 AM |
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quick painting question
I have a bushed aluminium bonnet that I will be spraqying with laquer to give the sruface some protection and want to mix in a tiny amount of black
paint to get a transparent black effect.
Is that gonna work? Or will it end up looking grey and non transparent?
Or is there a special transparent paint?
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russbost
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 12:49 PM |
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Strictly speaking you're supposed to etch prime ali - that said all my body panels are ali & I primed them with either polyester spray
filler or 2 pack primer & none of my paints fallen off yet!
As long as the ali has been sanded with something like 800 wet & dry the lacquer should stick ok, but you'll find it almost impossible to
get an even colour, it will tend to be lighter & darker in different areas - would suggest experimentation on some scrap first.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 08:10 PM |
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There are transparent dyes for adding to clearcoats. They are designed to the put over coarse silvers to give that iridescent candy look.
I havent seen them in black though.
P.S. The is a special self etching clear for use on spun alloy wheels, but I have never seen it for sale anywhere
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johnjulie
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| posted on 26/6/06 at 11:13 PM |
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Have a chat with your paint supplier. Laquer is fine until you get a scratch, take a look at old alloys, they go white once the water gets in. Not a
good idea!!!!!
JFDI
"Just F*****G Do It"
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