"Duncan Wood" <bodgedntp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 07 May 2008 01:28:28 +0100, Ned Sneed
<nervous_ned@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>> On May 4, 7:01 pm, Bert Morris <bertmor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Ned Sneed wrote:
>>> > I want to have some barndoors that look like they are made of
copper.
>>> > What kind of treatment would work for this?
>>>
>>> > Cheers!
>>>
>>> > ned
>>>
>>> Dear Ned,
>>>
>>> Don't know the show or size of your barn doors in question, but if
they
>>> are already being/have been built, Krylon spray paint has a full line
of
>>> metallic paints of every kind, including copper, gold, silver, etc.
>>
>> I want to use these barndoors on a four-cell mole light, so I am
>> thinking the barndoor might be the size that would fit on a 10"
>> fresnel or so...I like the idea of spray paint, but there is the heat
>> issue. I will be using the barndoors as a "look" rather than to
>> actually shape the beam so there's that. Copper plating would be
>> great, but would that be insanely expensive?
>>
>> Thanks for the replies!
>>
>> ned
>
> WEll you can do it yourself, but you can just buy roofing copper, make
> your own & spray the inner leaf black. Heats not a huge issue with spray
> paint.
Here in the states you can buy spray paint rated for high temperatures.
You
sometimes see it as "stove paint." It is easiest to find in flat black
but
in comes in a variety of colors. I never checked for any of the metalics
but I bet it can be found.
Peter
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