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Are Metallic Paints Corrosive?

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Friday, June 5, 2015 9:24 AM

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Alclad specialty is metallic lacquers and translucent colors. That's like comparing apples to oranges with Tamiya. LOL! Actually, Tamiya is a great product to airbrush with.

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Posted by P mitch on Friday, June 5, 2015 2:28 AM

All I would say is with Alclad get a gravity feed brush its much easier with one.

Phil

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Posted by modelmaker66 on Friday, June 5, 2015 12:05 AM

Alclad actually sprays better than anything else including Tamiya.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:19 AM

Depends on what you mean by corrosive.  It will not cause corrosion to a structure it is applied to.  Aluminum does corrode, but the oxide is relatively transparent.  As it corrodes and the thickness of the corrosion builds up, it will lose a bit of sheen. I am assuming the vehicle of Alclad greatly slows corrosion, but even if it does corrode, since any but the polished aluminum is already a bit dull, I  would assume it would be many years before you'd notice any change in gloss on those. I suspect the polished aluminum, if applied over a really good base to give it a highly polished look, might eventually loose some gloss.  But I have some really shiny planes with a very polished look with polished aluminum that are about seven years old, and they are as shiny as the day I finished them.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Milairjunkie on Thursday, June 4, 2015 9:12 AM

I've used it through both 0.15 & 0.2 H&S nozzles without issue, the "metallic" in the paint is very fine.

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 10:14 PM

OK. Then, I'll spray with my HP-CS because it sprays smoother than my HP-CR.

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Posted by tomwatkins45 on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:44 PM

I use a  .3 needle in my Grex TG to spray Alclad and Metalizer. It works fine, so I don't know that a .5 would be necessary.

Tom

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Posted by Chrisk-k on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 6:03 PM

The reason why I asked was I was going to buy some Alcald 2 paints for the 1st time in my life.  Anyway, are metallic pigments typically larger than non-metallic ones?  If so, I'll use a HP-CR (0.5 mm nozzle) rather than a HP-CS (0.35 mm) to spray Alclad 2.

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:57 PM

Considering all the crud regarding simple labeling in the hobby paint world today, I say that is highly unlikely. Just look at the recent Tamiya & Gunze label drama, and how the bottles of Model Master are now having tiny print full wraparound labels, with all associated health and safety warnings... Now I can see airbrush clogging issues due to not so fine metallic pigments, or some issues with caustic thinners, but the paints themselves being corrosive, nope.

 

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Posted by Texgunner on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:30 PM

I'd throw the BS flag on that.Whistling


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Posted by Milairjunkie on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:29 PM

Don't believe so, I've used plenty (Alclad anyway) & never had an issue.

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Are Metallic Paints Corrosive?
Posted by Chrisk-k on Wednesday, June 3, 2015 5:17 PM

I've read somewhere that metallic paints such as "Alclad 2" and "Vallejo Real Gold" are corrosive, and that a dedicated airbrush is recommended to spray those paints.  Is this true?   

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