The Annodized Look

[Daytonatim]

Hey guys. I am working on finishing the TDR Hilborn fuel injection system for my Hemi and I was wondering how best to get that annodized look.

I was thinking of trying to finish it out with silver spray paint and then shoot a coat of clear blue paint over that. Is this the right approach?

Thanks

[Don Garrett]

Dead on Tim........the closer you can get the base coat to chrome or gold, the better the effect will be. Krylon now makes top coats for this purpose, I think they are called "Krylon Specialty Paints". I saw them at Wally World. Krylon paints go on smoothly and dry quickly, a big plus for me is that it comes in inexpensive large aerosol cans instead of those little rattle cans. I have a set of 1/6th chrome plated Hemi valve covers that I'm going to test it out on, I'll post pics of the results.

[xken]

You can also get the similiar effect spraying Candy paints over the chrome or aluminum parts as well.

Ken

[hot ford coupe]

I think I saw something out of the Duplicolor or Plastikote product catalog that was called anodized paint. The way I always did it was to spray clear colors over the brightest silver paint I could find.

[amghammer88]

i used duplicolor metal cast whats cool about it is you can spray it over a metal flake silver for a candy look or over alclad for the anodized look check napa they have it for about $8 and it goes a long way plus there are about 5 different colors here is a dash i did in blue for my 1/6 54 chevy

[Ton]

[Old Busted Hotness]

A little flat clear over the candy would give it the right look. Anodizing usually isn't glossy.

[Daytonatim]

Thanks guys. There appears to be more than one way to skin this cat.

I have seen a few postings about semi flat and flat clear coats. I have never seen these for sale anywhere. Any hints, short of mail order, of where I can find them?

Thanks again guys
Tim

[strevo]

Tim,
Check at Home Depot or Lowe's in the spray paint sections, or if all else fails, your local hobby shop should have the small testors cans of flat or semi-gloss clear.
-Steve

[amghammer88]

krylon sells big cans of flat and satin clear about $5 wal mart will have it and some other stores will too

[Don Garrett]

Craft store...less than 5 bucks. 11oz. can.