I didn't want to jump in on the Alcad thread, but I have recently purchased some of the ModlMaster Metaliser paints.
Polished Alumininium, Titanium and stainless steel in the buffing versions, and Gunmetal in the non-buffing version.
I tried out the Aluminium on a test wing with different base coats and then applied Lakeland floor polish.
This stuff is very thin, almost like water and extremely smelly! I sprayed very light coats 15 seconds or so after each other and then started buffing lightly after a couple of minutes.i was able to buff the aluminium from a fairly flat look to a mirror finish. Depending on the base coat, the gloss had more 'depth'. A gloss black gave a finish that look a little unrealistic for polished aluminium, the best effect came from spraying on unprimed plastic.
I then carried out an abuse test
. I used an electric polisher at high speed. And it took a fair amount of effort to damage the paint. A coat of Lakeland polish brushed on, didn't damage the fairly fresh paint and self levelled into a very nice gloss. This then buffed up to a rock hard mirror finish.
I hand painted some gunmetal onto a primed surface, which resulted in a very pleasing thin layer with excellent coverage. It dried to a very smooth realistic finish, not 'grainy' like normal metal colour acrylics.
In conclusion, I was very pleased at the ease of use of these finishes, and you can buff to the exact level you chose.
Polished Alumininium, Titanium and stainless steel in the buffing versions, and Gunmetal in the non-buffing version.
I tried out the Aluminium on a test wing with different base coats and then applied Lakeland floor polish.
This stuff is very thin, almost like water and extremely smelly! I sprayed very light coats 15 seconds or so after each other and then started buffing lightly after a couple of minutes.i was able to buff the aluminium from a fairly flat look to a mirror finish. Depending on the base coat, the gloss had more 'depth'. A gloss black gave a finish that look a little unrealistic for polished aluminium, the best effect came from spraying on unprimed plastic.
I then carried out an abuse test
. I used an electric polisher at high speed. And it took a fair amount of effort to damage the paint. A coat of Lakeland polish brushed on, didn't damage the fairly fresh paint and self levelled into a very nice gloss. This then buffed up to a rock hard mirror finish.I hand painted some gunmetal onto a primed surface, which resulted in a very pleasing thin layer with excellent coverage. It dried to a very smooth realistic finish, not 'grainy' like normal metal colour acrylics.
In conclusion, I was very pleased at the ease of use of these finishes, and you can buff to the exact level you chose.