I'm interested to see what you can come up with as far as color. I've tried three and lost interest before getting a "match".
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Too much, too much! It's killing me to look at it. Lots of trail badges though.
Red is such a hard color to do "right." Maybe I'll just leave it alone for now.
The headlight bezels next to the GR fenders. The paint doesn’t have a color name, but is a metallic enamel. Here’s the numbers on the bottom of the can. It is sufficient IMO, but it would probably not please everyone. I think yours looks very good and I’d be interested in knowing what it is.
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I think that was the first can I tried. It's impossible to get a perfect match in my case having three different pieces of aluminum of three different "ages". The color in the picture I posted is Aervoe 309 suggested by mrblaine.
Do you or did you do any sanding on your aluminum to even out the color? I use 320 grit across the various aluminum pieces to even out the color. I may do an experiment with aluminum and the paints to see how close I can get with different grits to the Rustoleum I have and the Aervoe 309 Blaine suggested.
I haven't tried to sand/scuff the different pieces although it has been on the list of things to do. What process/equipment do you use?
I like the silver, or stay black!
Thanks @dla. Great skill you’ve got there. Now I don’t have to just imagine what it would look like. Very helpful.
I clean the aluminum with a mixture of white vinegar and distilled or reverse osmosis water (1:10). After allowing any residue to evaporate I sand with appropriate grit.
Can you expand on these two products and why to use them? Especially to leave them side and evaporate.
I believe you (or maybe it was others) mentioned in a separate thread I posted to use rubbing alcohol. I'm needing to fix/better my aluminum this summer. So I'm collecting tips.
Does the vinegar/distilled water pull imperfections to the surface? Trying to reason in my mind why this step.
The white vinegar/ water solution is a cleaning agent for aluminum (learned fromreeearch in the www). Clean them till there is nothing on the cloth. I use rubbing alcohol for steel.