Paint Time

Well even though I loved how the dykem turned out on the ankle cylinders my tests confirmed what everyone had been saying... Dykem fades... even with the nice 2 part uv clear coat.

Ive seen others curiousmarc, strongbow, and now edwardo try the duplicolor metalcast anodized purple instead of the dykem. My tests showed also that its very close.  Here was the process...

First i wet sanded all my parts to 2000 grit.. Then i used micromesh and wet sanded to 12000.. Followed by mothers aluminum polish.
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Bare

Metal cast purple anodized

And the blue anodized.

And hers after using Spraymax 2k two part UV clear coat. THIS STUFF IS GREAT.

Here is an example of putting it on too thick. I think i put it on a little too thick on most of my panels. I did this test on my two radar eyes. One on the left i put on too thick. The one on the right is just right.