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painting aluminum?
« on: June 07, 2009, 07:34:35 AM »
Hi,
So while i'm waiting for the rest of my parts needed to start milling i was wondering what the best way to paint aluminum.  I will mostly be painting white, blue and gray.  I've tried using Rust-olum spray paint before and it was just to thick and not very wear resistant.  Would anyone recommend hobby paint? 

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Re: painting aluminum?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 08:10:06 AM »
to get paint to adhere good to aluminum you first have to prep the surface if i remember correctly one of the things you can use is alodine you can paint aluminum without but usually doesn't adhere all that well
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Re: painting aluminum?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 08:38:47 AM »
Having the paint not adhere was a big problem for my last time.  Any recommendations where to my alodine?  
Heres a video i found
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnmJwHNOfmU[/youtube]
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Re: painting aluminum?
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2009, 08:41:12 AM »
did you just post the link on its own?
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Re: painting aluminum?
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2009, 08:45:50 AM »
opps :D
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