Paint

[Ziggy122]

Right, a little odd
But im after a paint that you can when there is poor light/little light clearly
Something like a fluorescent paint

But also still visible during the day

Also - does anybody know if you can spray onto polished aluminmum?
Or will i require to rough - prime - colour?

Ziggy

 

[Andy Monty]

humbrol do rattle cans

http://www.humbrol.com/paints/fluorescent-spray-paint/

 

[jrkitching]

Also - does anybody know if you can spray onto polished aluminmum?
Or will i require to rough - prime - colour?

To paint onto Aluminium you need to sand to bare metal and use an etch primer. Wear a mask when spraying as it's nasty stuff to breathe in. Be careful not to sand through the primer or the topcoat will lift. You can get it in an aerosol can for doing small areas.

 

[Ziggy122]

Yowzers etch primer isn't cheap

The reason why im asking - is i've found some polished rims for my dash around speedo and rev counter
Since i dont have clear 30 50 70 markers - i was gonna paint the rim at those points

mind you £40 in total or £60 and 3 points / £240 driver ed course

Ziggy

 

[jrkitching]

For that application, how about looking at using modelling paint?

 

[Ziggy122]

Ah much better price
Upol Etch Primer Aerosol Spray Can 500ML: Amazon.co.uk: Car & Motorbike

Ziggy

 

[PuntoHowTo]

What's wrong with a black sharpie you'll see the shadow of it in the dash lights at night as it will be against a reflective surface and saves covering your dash in paint, will keep everything looking clean and tidy.....

Now where did you find these chrome rings?

 

[Ziggy122]

ebay - im on my phone so cant
the dash wouldnt be touching the paint
only the rings would be painted

ziggy

 

[PuntoHowTo]

a simple line with a black sharpie will look infinitely better than trying to carefully paint something on neatly which might crack or flake off

 

[Ziggy122]

a black line in the dark is going todo nothing

Ziggy

 

[Focus Owner]

add the incandecent paint over the top if you worried about it beeen see though

 

[Ziggy122]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-PUNT...Parts_SM&fits=Model:Punto&hash=item415e91aa65

Adding a thin strip of a highly reflective paint - such as fluorescent orange should do the trick

Ziggy

 

[homeward]

Bit of a long shot... -- but I wonder if it would be easier to cut a very thin strip of something like this, and then stick/wrap over the chrome...?

 

[Ziggy122]

Bit of a long shot... -- but I wonder if it would be easier to cut a very thin strip of something like this, and then stick/wrap over the chrome...?

Possibly - cheaper at £5 and its a nice easy job with the craft knife

instead of a day sanding and painting

just hope it'd show up well at night? in poor light?

ziggy

 

[Ziggy122]

Or cheaper yet?
and orange would look better

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/A4-SHEET-...ickersScraps_Decoupage_SM&hash=item1c2d72634d

Atleast if it doesn't work or - misaligned i can peel it off and go again!

Why did i never think of it before?

Ziggy

 

[homeward]

just hope it'd show up well at night? in poor light?

You could do with the radioactive luminous paint they used to put on Timex watches... -- it glowed for hours in the dark...! :idea:

PS: Just found this.... I want...!