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Title: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: asgeirtj on Thu, 20 July 2017, 04:50:47

Hey, I have a silver Duck Octagon and RS96 which I want black, will it work to just spray it black? Will it ruin the case or look bad? Will it make the surface of the aluminum icky to touch?

Title: Re: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: Centropyge loriculus on Thu, 20 July 2017, 09:04:36

You'll want to scuff the case up good and be very, very conservative with spray paint passes.

Title: Re: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 20 July 2017, 15:22:00

You will loose all surface texture, it should look and feel like smooth plastic. If the painted surface is scuffed or scratched, metal will be showing underneath - especially at edges and corners, so you would want to repaint it after a year.

Title: Re: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: kmba on Fri, 21 July 2017, 22:29:03

you want the rs96 black?  Or the octagon  :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused: :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ :-X :-X :-X :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[

I wouldn't spray it.  paint doesn't hold up.  You can get it stripped and re-anozided black locally.

Title: Re: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: rioc on Sat, 22 July 2017, 08:11:20

Go to a local business who does anodising and get it done there. Will cost about 80$ but the result will be professional


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Title: Re: Spraying a silver case black
Post by: Findecanor on Tue, 25 July 2017, 20:24:54

I'm sorry I had forgotten another option that I remembered just now, because it is an option only really for metal: powder coating.
Much more durable than paint, but thicker. The question is if you would be happy with the finish.

BTW, anodising can only be removed abratively, so it would be shaving off the top layer. Re-anodising would transform the raw metal surface into anodized aluminium - not layer on top. The nature of the anodized finish depends of course on how the surface was prepared: if it was shiny, it will be shiny, if it was sandblasted, it will be sandblasted etc.