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Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:02:42 2011 No.38101 [Reply] [Original]

What is the best way to paint plastic to look as close to metal as possible? I'm gonna try to replicate the gold finish, like the pic, but using only paint and need some tips.

So far, I'm thinking high gloss gold paint, polish, then clear coat it and polish again.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:13:42 2011 No.38111 Clear coat,silver coat, clear coat, gold coat, lighter hand gold coat, finish with a semi gloss clear coat to keep it looking shiny, but not too shiny to look fake.

Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:17:42 2011 No.38115

From what I've seen, the spray on stuff works better than the brush on. Polishing layers of clear coat should improve it but I don't know how close you'll get to making it look like actual metal. Your plan seems sound though. You'll need a very fine polishing compound/surface and you'll want to be careful how much material you remove, so maybe just a few wipes with a piece of smooth paper, then another layer of gloss. With more layers the safer it is to polish, since it's thicker, but with too many layers, it might look a little off I think. Not sure.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:20:42 2011 No.38117 Thanks for the advice so far.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:26:42 2011 No.38126 Nail Polish

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:28:42 2011 No.38130 Aluminium coat

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:32:42 2011 No.38135 >>38111 Lightly sand the plastic prior to this, but yeah, I agree. Also, make sure you give each layer plenty of time to cure.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:35:42 2011 No.38146 Leaf gold, a little expensive but nothing beats it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 13:37:51 2011 No.38148 File: 47 KB, 634x424, Mancini.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >mfw first time on /diy/ is helpfull... and I'm not even OP

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 14:23:42 2011 No.38260 >>38148 paint confirmed for /diy/ities' specialty?

>>	Capt B'Tardo Sat Oct 29 20:24:42 2011 No.39140 metalizer paint http://www.testors.com/category/145620/Metalizer_Enamel_Paint

>>	TehLuthier Sat Oct 29 20:26:42 2011 No.39143 >>39140 Careful with this shit, it's HIGHLY toxic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 29 20:27:42 2011 No.39146 You could have a Burzum logo

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 30 05:03:42 2011 No.40280 rub 'n buff

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