On 7 May, 01:28, Ned Sneed <nervous_...@[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
Copper is first part of chrome plate, copper then nickel then chrome,
hence elctroplaters will do it, dosent need labour intensive poli****ng
in between plating keeps cost down. Copper is riding high as a
commodity at moment.
Might get away DIY with just contact plating:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/altoid-etch.shtml
Spray paint might stand the heat , but some types might flake with the
metal expansion.Big differnce on an MR16 to 5kW fresnel...
HTH
Adam
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