Further Investigations Part III

[wbassett]

The 200X on the coarse AA looks like what I got with Black Jack before I ran it through a filter.

Overall my first test panel looked incredible, but there were some big chunks of aluminum in spots, and they really reflected the light. It was like a sun spot in that area as compared to the rest of the screen. We'll have to see how the AA Medium holds up as a test panel.

[mechman]

I'm gonna reserve judgement until these things dry and I redo them. But here's a couple shots from my camera.

[Harpmaker]

Good stuff mech!

Might I suggest including something in future photos to give a sense of scale?

Did you find that the AAA Medium was brighter than AAA Fine as I did?

I got a bottle of the AA Metallic White Course and it appears, and measures on my spectro, as just another mica-based pearl paint.

[mechman]

Harpmaker wrote:

Good stuff mech!

Might I suggest including something in future photos to give a sense of scale?

I didn't have a penny handy! The one I usually use in these type of shots found it's way to the change bottle!

Harpmaker wrote:

Did you find that the AAA Medium was brighter than AAA Fine as I did?

I didn't actually compare them at all. I figured this was just some preliminary stuff until they dried. The luminance reading should reveal all tomorrow!

Harpmaker wrote:

I got a bottle of the AA Metallic White Course and it appears, and measures on my spectro, as just another mica-based pearl paint.

Yeah that's what the pearlizing white looks to be as well. It appears pretty similar to WOP. I think I'll be giving these bottles to the girls to paint with.

My second bottle of AAA fine was back ordered as well. It looks like I'll just start off with PPG Grand Distinction. And I'll do the Valspar Ultra Premiums when the second bottle shows up.

Harp - if you haven't bought any paint yet, how about trying something different? Can you get Ben Moore near you? I don't believe that's been tried yet.

[Harpmaker]

mechman wrote:

I didn't actually compare them at all. I figured this was just some preliminary stuff until they dried. The luminance reading should reveal all tomorrow!

I meant to the naked eye. I believe my AAA Med. was also very slightly brighter on the spectro as well, but I was referring to the appearance of the metallic luster. Maybe shinier or more specular would be better descriptions.

Harp - if you haven't bought any paint yet, how about trying something different? Can you get Ben Moore near you? I don't believe that's been tried yet.

I think I do. I believe one of the local chain hardware stores (Cole's) carries it, the same place where I thought I would score some HE558 then found they couldn't order it because it was illegal to do so here. Do you have anything special in mind, or just trying a BM paint in Bermuda Beige for making BW AAA?

[mechman]

I thought they both looked almost identical to tell the truth. But as I said, they were still wet.

As for the Ben Moore, just another base to try. I can get it as well but I'm knee deep in stuff and the wife is leaving for Australia in a little over a week. It's up to you. I can do it. But it would have to wait a bit. And I just figured why bother mimicking each other when we can expand. Get a flat and a matte/flat enamel maybe?

[Harpmaker]

mechman wrote:

It's up to you. I can do it. But it would have to wait a bit. And I just figured why bother mimicking each other when we can expand. Get a flat and a matte/flat enamel maybe?

I'll see what I can find.

[mechman]

Since the two small samples of coarse and medium AAA have dried you can really tell the difference between the two! The coarse appears a bit coarser.







Spectro readings

Coarse

148 151 151
0.309 0.328 30.5
62.1 -0.80 -0.76
6669.1

Medium

144 146 149
0.307 0.325 28.7
60.5 -0.45 -1.76
6825.1

And because I bought it...

Pearlizing White

211 200 190
0.328 0.341 59.0
81.3 1.78 6.73
5660.6

The spectrum graph.



Now I'm off to mow the lawn!

[custard]

mech - it will be interesting to see if bermuda beige/s0907 still keep the mix neutral when using coarse and medium AAA

by the way i have ordered my bottles of the different AAA

[Prof.]

mechman wrote:

I can get it as well but I'm knee deep in stuff and the wife is leaving for Australia in a little over a week.

Once she's seen Australia, she may not want to come back!!