# painting spun aluminum
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868 "2009-04-27T14:53:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/1 "2009-04-27T14:53:44Z")
I’m looking for something to spray on spun aluminum to make them dark but to keep the look of the metal.
My question is if they make a semi transparent paint that can do this? I guess it would be a dark tinted clear coat.
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### Author:  [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/2 "2009-04-27T15:25:25Z")
ya its the same stuff i used for my taillights to tint them i got it in a small glass bottle from niagara hobby
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### Author:  [@amicold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/amicold)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/3 "2009-04-27T15:26:24Z")
You can find translucent paint but it’s predominantly for modeling and I’d be weary of it’s durability. What are you spraying?
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### Author:  [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/4 "2009-04-27T18:02:39Z")
> [@amicold](#):
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> You can find translucent paint but it’s predominantly for modeling and I’d be weary of it’s durability. What are you spraying?
I want to paint my wheel covers, but I don’t think I want to have them flat black. I want the spun aluminum to come through
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### Author:  [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/5 "2009-04-27T18:04:15Z")
> [@1sik bmw](#):
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> ya its the same stuff i used for my taillights to tint them i got it in a small glass bottle from niagara hobby
I used the spray on version at niagara hobby for my turn signals and tail lights. Do you think it would work/hold up on my wheel covers?
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### Author:  [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/6 "2009-04-27T18:26:13Z")
if your spaying with a paint sprayer… tint clear coat with black and spray.
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### Author:  [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/7 "2009-04-28T12:30:37Z")
> [@LAFENGAS](#):
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> if your spaying with a paint sprayer… tint clear coat with black and spray.
exactly what i was going to say just tint the clear
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/8 "2009-04-28T12:33:35Z")
Black anodize then clear paint. Maybe.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/9 "2009-04-28T12:34:57Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> Black anodize then clear paint. Maybe.
That’s what i was going to say.
Might not even need to clear
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/10 "2009-04-28T12:36:16Z")
^True, I was just trying to stop/slow fading.
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/11 "2009-04-28T12:36:48Z")
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.
but yeah, what lafengas said.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/12 "2009-04-28T12:38:21Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> ^True, I was just trying to stop/slow fading.
I was under the impression black hard anodize was UV and corrosion resistant.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/13 "2009-04-28T12:41:29Z")
I have seen it fade but maybe that was from heat.
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### Author:  [@blackout](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blackout)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painting-spun-aluminum/66868/14 "2009-04-29T10:31:40Z")
thanks for the suggestions. I’m going to try the black anodized route.