[mechman]

Sheen and Black Widow's mojo

We've discussed sheen. Now let's talk aluminum (BW's mojo). You've seen the magnifications. If you haven't seen my, more than likely poor, math skills, they're here. So how do we show that it's the aluminum? I had a failed panel sitting around and I took these two shots:





That was my attempt at using a Preval sprayer to spray a panel with BW-AAA. You can clearly see where there were runs that the aluminum is doing a great job reflecting light. In the second photo, you can see the gray aluminum which was reflecting the light.

Here's some macros to digest:





If you click on those thumbnails you can clearly see the aluminum. And on the Veil and Winter Mist panels you won't see any. A couple of them ended up out of focus - sorry. But suffice it to say I'll be taking another of the Behr 4850 sometime soon as I believe it hid the aluminum better than any other paint. Why? I have no idea.

I may get some of the HE558 versions as well.

I think this and the magnifications conclusively show that there's aluminum on the surface of Black Widow. And aluminum reflects.









I think that's enough for me tonight. I've typed more than I like and this hobby is becoming less and less fun every day. I'll finish it up tomorrow.

I'm gonna reserve a few more posts and then open it up.