Very Light Aluminum Paint

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:25 pm

For an upcoming project I will be needing a very light Aluminum color paint. I see that Alclad 2 makes a "White Aluminum" paint. Is this the color that I'm hoping?

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:42 pm

Out of Alclads 4 (or is it 5) Aluminum paints their 'White Aluminum' is the least shiney and has the highest albedo (is that the right term?).

IIRC.

Been using a lot of Aluminum, White Aluminum, and Polished Aluminum.

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:01 pm

Yeah, it's probably what you want. It does a good job for aluminum-doped fabric.

Romulan Spy · Post by **Romulan Spy** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:15 pm

Do you have access to Floquil Railroad enamels? You might like to try Platinum Mist, a very light silvery color.

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:35 pm

TER-OR wrote:Yeah, it's probably what you want. It does a good job for aluminum-doped fabric.

Thanks, I'll go with it then.

Thomas E. Johnson · Post by **Thomas E. Johnson** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:36 pm

Romulan Spy wrote:Do you have access to Floquil Railroad enamels? You might like to try Platinum Mist, a very light silvery color.

I do, but I won't use enamels. Acrylics and Lacquers only for me.

Post by **TER-OR** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:58 pm

Another trick to remember with paints like Alclad - putting it over a gloss white will look different from gloss black. And, if you put it over matte paint, you might get a more fabric looking effect.

I would definitely run experiments.

I have applied Alclad over Gunze-Sangyo Mr. Surfacer 1000 rattlecan primer with no problem. These were darker colors, like Exhaust and Dark Aluminum.