10-23-2007, 11:43 PM
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#21 | | Senior Member
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| So, I take it you want to paint the mesh on your mask?
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10-24-2007, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Beloit Fencer of Old  Tagging is when crazy-a$$ed kids go around wearing their "jailin'" pants and caps on sideways with a can of spray paint and do gang-related artwork. Of course, they're all loser gang-banger wannabes in most of the country.
I say, come on up to Maine, NH or VT and try to tag something of OURS. You'll get to see what most of us keep tucked under the front seat of our pickup trucks (next to the empties).
OK...I don't really drive a pickup or have empties in my car. And I don't keep my guns concealed in my car anymore. Long story.  | I loathe taggers. Punk-assed wussy kids who make for beefed-up security at my favorite abandonments. Whenever I do find them in an abandonment, though, I particularly enjoy finding hilarious and inventive ways to scare the living **** outta them... 
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10-24-2007, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by erik_blank metallic paint and multimeters... In an armory thread... OK, just what ARE you wanting to do with RED metallic spray paint? | Lame repair, obviously. | |
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10-24-2007, 10:54 AM
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#24 | | Feline Groovy
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Originally Posted by Cookeit So, I take it you want to paint the mesh on your mask? | Conductivity wouldn't be a criteria were that the case (unless he's doing saber masks).
And GypsyScot, also take another look at Lowes/Home Depot but this time in the artsy-fartsy special faux finishes section. (If you're still pursuing your original idea, that is.) There are some good-looking metallic finishes there that I can't get at my usual mask paint stop. Dunno about conductivity, although I'm betting no dice since your first find didn't fly. | |
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10-24-2007, 11:03 AM
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#25 | | Epee fencing addict
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| OHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh.....
"Metalic" paint and "conductive" paint are not the same thing. "Metalic" implies a metal-flake extra shiny appearance.
If you are looking for "conductive", try doing a google search on "conductive paint". I found this: http://www.lessemf.com/292.html but you have to be happy with "glitter mocha" as the color.
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10-24-2007, 12:16 PM
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#26 | | Senior Member
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| I think you are probably SOL on red conductive paint. You could try getting some silver paint and adding some pigments to it. Red oxide maybe?
One thing you might be able to do is to flash an aluminum coating on it, and then anodize the aluminum. Red anodize is pretty nice. | |
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10-24-2007, 01:35 PM
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#27 | | Senior Member
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| Rustoleum makes metallic paints that are conductive, it's what we use for stenciling lames, Craig needed some Red lettering and unfortunately they only make Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow. Anything else on a lame it either one named shape dead spot or its been "cheated" with a quarter.
Long story short, readily available commercial metallic paints in red? No Effin' Way! | |
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10-24-2007, 02:18 PM
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#28 | | Admin
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Originally Posted by GypsyScot Rustoleum makes metallic paints that are conductive, it's what we use for stenciling lames, Craig needed some Red lettering and unfortunately they only make Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow. Anything else on a lame it either one named shape dead spot or its been "cheated" with a quarter.
Long story short, readily available commercial metallic paints in red? No Effin' Way! | So, you mix the yellow and blue ones to get the green!  | |
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10-24-2007, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Craig So, you mix the yellow and blue ones to get the green! | I forget what you get with black and yellow.  | |
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10-24-2007, 03:59 PM
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#30 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by GypsyScot Rustoleum makes metallic paints that are conductive, it's what we use for stenciling lames, Craig needed some Red lettering and unfortunately they only make Blue, Brown, Black, and Yellow. Anything else on a lame it either one named shape dead spot or its been "cheated" with a quarter.
Long story short, readily available commercial metallic paints in red? No Effin' Way! | Is there a specific type of rustoleum that is needed or are any of their metallic paints conductive?
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10-24-2007, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by erik_blank Is there a specific type of rustoleum that is needed or are any of their metallic paints conductive? | Rustoleum Metallic works just fine | |
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10-24-2007, 05:10 PM
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#32 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by GypsyScot Rustoleum Metallic works just fine | Doesn't this have a solvent based medium? What does this do to the strength of the ultra-light lames?
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10-24-2007, 05:26 PM
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#33 | | Senior Member
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| Nothing actually, but because of that base, over-painting that leads to bleed through are a problem if one of guys doesn't know what he's doing, that's why we do sever layers after drying the paint off. It dries surprisingly quick on the ultra light lames. | |
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10-25-2007, 07:43 AM
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#34 | | Senior Member
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| since I'm so short on $$$ I'm thinking of doing this myself (My wife has a way to cut out the template on her computer). Do you have any hints on the best method of doing this?
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10-25-2007, 12:17 PM
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#35 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by erik_blank since I'm so short on $$$ I'm thinking of doing this myself (My wife has a way to cut out the template on her computer). Do you have any hints on the best method of doing this? | Carefully, if you're going to do a cutout, tape it down well, make sure there are no bubbles, do one light layer and then use a hair dryer to dry it out a little before doing a second, if it's on a lame 30 seconds should be fine. But really, be carefull if you f--k it up, there's no reversing it. | |
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10-25-2007, 01:51 PM
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#36 | | Senior Member
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| Thanks for the advice. I'l probably try this out on some other type of light fabric before actually doing it on the lame.
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10-25-2007, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by GypsyScot
Long story short, readily available commercial metallic paints in red? No Effin' Way!
| Things change.
Today I found at the hardware store Rustoleum #7256 Apple Red Metallic.
Is it conductive? I have no clue.
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10-27-2007, 07:57 PM
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| you could try asking these guys http://www.kemcointernational.com/coatingspaint.htm
sometimes when I want something industrial, I ask who is a customer of the manufacturer in my area, and then I go make bambi eyes and buy a little bit of whatever it is from the customer company. | |
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