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Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« on: January 23, 2012, 08:57 AM »
Anyone done this? I was gonna use a chrome spray that then dulls down when its lacquered.

Maybe rub the raw paint down with a cloth before the lacquer? anyone got any better methods/ paints to get an alloy look?

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 09:03 AM »
what the fook are you on about now?   ;)   ;D


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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 09:34 AM »
must have run out of tin foil...

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 09:39 AM »
what the fook are you on about now?   ;)   ;D

if you don't know don't comment you fool.
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 09:40 AM »
must have run out of tin foil...

...not sure about a whole frame Griff la Spliff... but its an option  :coolsmiley:
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2012, 09:43 AM »
Chrome spray then fine sanding should be sommat like 
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2012, 09:46 AM »
Chrome spray then fine sanding should be sommat like 

cheers Si... s'wat I was a thunkin  :)
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2012, 10:19 AM »
looks nice but I don't fancy the work involved getting my frame back to bare metal!  :shocked:

cheers though
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2012, 10:42 AM »
Send it to me Ed - I forkin' love stripping frames :)
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2012, 12:47 PM »
By the time you muck about with spray bomb you could get it blasted and powdered silver for just a few quid more.

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2012, 12:50 PM »
Send it to me Ed - I forkin' love stripping frames :)

Dan I have enough trouble sending you your own frame! never mind mine too  ;D
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2012, 12:51 PM »
By the time you muck about with spray bomb you could get it blasted and powdered silver for just a few quid more.

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« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2012, 03:21 PM »
Send it to me Ed - I forkin' love stripping frames :)

I'll remember that comment when it's time to give my mirraco the 'raw' treatment  ;)
better let you fix the laptop first tho  ;D

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2012, 03:36 PM »
Bring it on :) Nowt like spending a Sunday evening on the kitchen floor high on Nitromors fumes   :D
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #15 on: January 23, 2012, 05:17 PM »
It can be done, spray it first in a good quality silver paint, not halfords shxt. Go to a paint supplier that mixes aerosol's etc.

Once it has gone off/hard, give it a good couple of days. Use one of those sanding blocks (black the smooth ones for light sanding) and gently drag it along the surface. The key is to go in all one direction (not backwards and forwards) and try not to go over the same area twice.

Hope that makes sense.  ???

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #16 on: January 24, 2012, 05:45 PM »
i tried it with chrome spray and then sanded, it just turned dark grey and looked shit. i've been thinking of trying another way, i use something called venture clad at work. it's a thin aluminium sheet with a sticky back and much stronger than tin foil so it's a slight improvement from lennys idea.  :D

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« Reply #17 on: January 24, 2012, 07:03 PM »
You can buy Aluminium finish spray paint, as well as Chrome. One is shiny (chrome), the other is matt (Ali). They usually sit side by side at your local car parts shop. A lot easier than buying Chrome and sanding the fooker down.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=aluminium+spray+paint&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #18 on: January 24, 2012, 07:16 PM »
thats for all the thoughts people  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2012, 08:45 AM »
looks nice but I don't fancy the work involved getting my frame back to bare metal!  :shocked:

cheers though

You might have to do just that if the paint you buy reacts with the paint on the frame.  Why not go back to bare metal, polish up the metal (be that steel or alloy) and clearcoat that.  Proper industrial.   8)

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2012, 08:56 AM »
or just fooking leave it green  ::)   ;)

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Re: Getting an 'aluminum' look with a rattle can
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2012, 07:33 PM »
I've used cold galvinising spray, would look right but I found it to be soft and rub off pretty easily.

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