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Title: dulling aluminum
Post by: Jerry on March 23, 2010, 07:28:23 PM: I want to take the shine off my aluminum panels, what is the best way to do it? The nose panel i want to paint a flat black to kill sun reflection... Any toughts
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: fabr on March 23, 2010, 07:49:37 PM: Have it anodized. Forget the paint.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: Reidy02 on March 24, 2010, 01:01:47 AM: Get some scotch brite pads and give it a rub, that'll take the shine off it.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: Nutz4sand on March 24, 2010, 01:51:15 AM: Quote from: Reidy02 on March 24, 2010, 01:01:47 AM
Get some scotch brite pads and give it a rub, that'll take the shine off it.

You can get scotch brite pads with an arbor to fit in a drill too if a ton of "by hand" work does not sound fun to yah.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: Carlriddle on March 24, 2010, 05:30:16 AM: Theres some pictures on here of the scotch brite swirls done with a drill, pretty cool. Anodized the alum is best, but heres a paint way to make it look the anodized http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: fabr on March 24, 2010, 06:07:16 AM: Just remember that paint,sooner or later,will peel off unless you a paint made for aluminum surfaces or use aluminum specific primer.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: Wyattboche on March 24, 2010, 07:37:41 AM: Quote from: masterfabr on March 23, 2010, 07:49:37 PM
Have it anodized. Forget the paint.
How is anodizing done? At the place I used to work at had all there parts done with anodizeing.Just courous.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: Carlriddle on March 24, 2010, 12:57:34 PM: I was hiding this, but I'll share. Going to try it someday. Good reading.

http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html (http://www.focuser.com/atm/anodize/anodize.html)
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: BDKW1 on March 24, 2010, 02:55:11 PM: Quote from: masterfabr on March 24, 2010, 06:07:16 AM
Just remember that paint,sooner or later,will peel off unless you a paint made for aluminum surfaces or use aluminum specific primer.

Yup, aluminum needs to be chemfilmed minimum to get any kind of a durable paint finsh on it.

2 votes for the hard ano.........
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: fabr on March 24, 2010, 07:05:03 PM: Yup.
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: dave b on June 01, 2010, 03:31:08 AM: just a thought ..... stick a vinyl sticker over the panels, matt-clear or colours and replace when it looks shabby?
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: hemi43 on June 01, 2010, 08:16:51 AM: Powder coat it !! The buggy in the picture does not have one drop of paint on it.
Those are all 3003 aluminum panels that were acid etched then powdercoated.
Anodizing is a PITA, because once it's damaged, it's expensive to redo the panel. Powder is cheap and easy, and can look like clear anodizing if you use candy colours.
I have tried clear anodizing at home, but never got good results.
Dan
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Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: trans man on June 01, 2010, 04:15:19 PM: Looks good 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: dulling aluminum
Post by: fabr on June 01, 2010, 04:59:00 PM: Great! For a quick check of the many colors available in PC just check out Eastwoods site.