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AK: New Metal Paints
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Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 - 06:27 AM UTC


A new line of metallic effect paints are due for release from A.K interactive.

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Thudius
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Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 - 03:42 PM UTC
Any idea if these are water soluble or enamel based?
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Posted: Monday, March 23, 2015 - 10:02 PM UTC
The $64 question is: are they as good as or better than Alclad?
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 02:51 AM UTC

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The $64 question is: are they as good as or better than Alclad?


We'll obviously have to wait until release to find out.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 03:32 AM UTC

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We'll obviously have to wait until release to find out.

Indeed.

It's maybe a little hard to read what it says on the photos included with the story. Regarding the paint base it says:


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To achieve these results, pigments are carried in a resin/solvent base which gives this product its characteristic look and the possibility of achieving a mirror effect.


That isn't very conclusive, but it sounds pretty much like it's not a water based acrylic at least. It may perhaps be a solvent based acrylic perhaps a bit like what's inside an aerosol can of automotive paint. It does also point out that you should wear a vapour mask.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 09:04 AM UTC
Cannot find any info on these on the web site.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:03 PM UTC
Ready for sale just now in AK-INTERACTIVE web and FB

http://ak-interactive.com/v2/?page_id=21333

Newsletter of News

http://www.ak-interactive.com/ak/NEWSMARCH2015/AKNEWSMARCH2015EN.pdf


Hot to use and comparation True Metal/Xtreme Metal pdf
http://www.ak-interactive.com/ak/NEWSMARCH2015/XTREME_METAL.pdf

http://www.ak-interactive.com/ak/NEWSMARCH2015/TRUEMETAL_VS_XTREMEMETAL.pdf

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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 05:07 AM UTC
I'm intrigued because Alclad paints are very expensive and require careful priming with their black primer/sealer. You then have to sand the primer to achieve a uniform surface. The results are often very good, but still to a certain extent look like plastic with metallic paint on it.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 05:12 AM UTC
Bill, I did notice that AK did indeed recommend priming with black.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 05:30 AM UTC

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I'm intrigued because Alclad paints are very expensive and require careful priming with their black primer/sealer. You then have to sand the primer to achieve a uniform surface. The results are often very good, but still to a certain extent look like plastic with metallic paint on it.


I have the AK app on my iPad, and it has a video on how to use the TrueMetal. Looks like it is orders of magnitude easier to use than ALCLAD.

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Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 01:55 PM UTC
Dammit I just spent $40 plus $12 shipping literally an hour ago on 4 true metal tubes
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Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 - 09:39 AM UTC
AK's web site said they are enamel based paints.
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