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Somewhere I recently saw an advertisement for a reflective film that would go over existing lettering and still allow the color to be retained in the daylight, but making it reflective at night. Anyone know about this product? Who sells it? Who makes it? What is it's life expectancy? Anyone have any history with it?
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Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6712 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Not sure about that one Rick, reflective over a color. But I have done the other way around, transparent over reflective. Transparent, not translucent, is a macmark product designed to do exactly that, either go over reflective, or it can be used on windows for a great effect.
Check out the macmark website for more info on this product and its uses, or contact your macmark supplier for color swatches.
-------------------- Tim Rieck Signs Halfmoon Bay, BC Posts: 736 | From: Halfmoon Bay, BC, Canada | Registered: Sep 2000
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I found the mention of it in Sign Craft this morning and went to the web site. As best I read, it's a water based paint that is a clear that can go over paint. Some question as to whether it works in the weather....rain...a wet surface might render this ineffective.
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Hello I was just reading up on that off of that site you sent Rick,... You can buy it right there, it says from USA but i'm sure there has tobe more places then this one,.. one can $99 +shiping ouch
-------------------- Joanna Barnett Blackfoot, ALberta Posts: 207 | From: Nipawin | Registered: May 2006
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I bought some Ames reflective spray paint .I tried it over top of silkscreened graphics on coroplast.A really light coat gave some reflective qualities not as much as I hoped.A heavy coat was more reflective.Trouble was next day I checked the work and the ink had lifted off the coroplast.Needs more experimentation.
-------------------- Jill Steblyna Commonwealth Displays Burnaby,B C Canada Posts: 7 | From: Burnaby,B C ,Canada | Registered: Jun 2006
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Jill, That's interesting. Wonder how it would do over a enamel painted surface? Was the reflectivity even? It seems there might be a problem with consistency.
-------------------- Tim Whitcher Adrian, MI Posts: 1546 | From: Adrian, MI | Registered: Mar 1999
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Tim, The paint went on evenly,my son is good with a spray can,he's had lots of practise.He reccomends a few thin coats rather than one thick one.The reflectivity was even.We're gonna try it on wood and metal we'll keep you posted.The paint is a light gray,supposed to be clear,how much it changes the colour would depend on how many coats are applied.We were dissapointed with the reflectivity,it was nothing like reflective vinyl and sprayed over top of slikscreen ink on coro it lifted the ink.We were left with completely clean coro not a trace of ink or reflective paint left it all just flaked off.So we'll stick to reflective vinyl.We'll experiment with it on enamel painted wood today I'll let you know how it goes.
-------------------- Jill Steblyna Commonwealth Displays Burnaby,B C Canada Posts: 7 | From: Burnaby,B C ,Canada | Registered: Jun 2006
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The Spray bomb product is being sold around here for blinding the camera's at intersections for those who run the red lights. I don't know if it works, but if it does I might get some. There are way too many camera's around here.
Jack
-------------------- Jack Wills Studio Design Works 1465 E.Hidalgo Circle Nye Beach / Newport, OR Posts: 2914 | From: Rocklin, CA. USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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