Has anyone tried Duplicolor MetalCast paints?

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imported_jr_mints

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I've been considering adding a touch of color to my engine bay for a while to break up the black hoses and all. I'm planning on putting in a new intake (unsure of color) and possible doing some painting in there while I'm at it.



Link to MetalCast: http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html



I found many good things about duplicolor in general on the boards, but nothing about this specific product. Anyone tried it out? Hopefully I can get some and find the time to use and do a review of it.
 
I have not used this brand, but I have used "chrome" spraypaint before. What I've noticed is the surface of what you are painting must be dead smooth to look nice and smooth after painting but, adhesion is poor. If you paint over a bead blasted surface to get good adhesion, the surface is orange pealed.
 
I have been asking this question for a long time now.I talk on other sites too but nowbody will give me a real answer.I am glad that someone out there has the same ideas as I.But as I have not tried it yet I am already sanding my stuff down. Going to find some old crapy parts and practice on them first.Hey RemmoSi email mail me so we can talk about it more to help out each other give each other different ideas.
 
I have used the red DupliColor MetalCast on 2 differnt things: some pieces in the engine bay on my Eclipse and the shocks on my Jeep Cherokee. I had 2 extremely different results! On the plastic piecesfor my eclipse ie. the radiator overflow tank i sanded/scuffed up the plastic and did 2 coats of the DupliColor Adhesion Promotor/"clear primer", then, I sprayed 1 thin coat about every 5 minutes until i reached about 8 coats and it turned out perfect but it still didn't give that "Anodized" look but it was really similar.

The shocks for my jeep on the other hand turned out different...I cleaned them and sorta scuffed them up with steel wool/Brillo pad blew them off with air and sprayed about 3 coats within 5 minutes and they looked good. After i came back to see if they were dry all of the metal flake that was mixed with the red paint had ran and it looked horrible IMO..but my friends and others think that it looks "custom" or as if i meant to do that

:nixweiss Anyway you should use their base coat stuff or their adhesion promoter and make sure the prep work is perfect and that you spray really thin even coats giving them time to dry. The paint is pretty good if you take your time. IMHO i would rather paint something on a car with MetalCast than just a basic colored spray paint.,

Thanks, Corey



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I think that paint sucks! I tried it on my spark plug cover. It was plastic so I used the primer and followed their instructions to a "T". When it dried it just looked like normal paint. Nothing anodized about it. So then I went and tried a small section of an aluminum latter I have just to see what it would look like on metal. And the paint just ran and bubbled. Don't even bother with it cause you will be sanding and sprayign the parts all over again.
 
Just wanted to give you guys a flip side to this...oh BTW I am new here. I had excellent results but both were on metal using the groundcoat (its the silver can), haven't bothered using it on plastic as you would need a flex agent as well and I love to go MUDDING, so the paint has to be very durable. Both of these items were topped off with a clear coat.



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Sorry but I wish I had a better camera at the time and my photography was as good as my painting skills.
 
I've used this paint on a computer case. I used the adhession primer -> ground coat -> actual paint -> clear coat on both a plastic surface and a painted ( presumably powder coated) surface. The paint on the plastic is MUCH better: the prepainted surfaces chip much to easily.



I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to spraying, so I'm sure that had a lot to do with my results. Use lots of thin coats and absolutely use the ground coat and hopefully it won't turn out too badly.
 
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