Testing 6 Different Alclad Metal Colors 

It's the best 👍

Your kind words are very much appreciated. I do have plenty more to show as I hope to post 2 videos a week starting tomorrow. Tons of paints and colors out there and I want to test them all 😉

@@barbatosrex9473 Looking forward to them :P Would be awesome if you could make a video comparing the different topcoats/varnishes too, these types of videos are so scarce on the internet haha

@@miisakachan8727 yes, top coats is on my list of videos to make. 👍

You can't beat a plastic spoon for practice. If you ever wonder if a certain combo of paint works or what it will look like, just try it on a spoon first. Good luck buddy

I love his tips too. I needed to get some chrome paints and this review saved me a lot of time and money testing!!

Thanks friend,, and thank you for watching

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Thanks for the great feedback. These Alclad's are great. I am however posting a new test video tonight of another type of Metalizer paint you'll want to see.

@@barbatosrex9473 cool.... i subscribed to your channel so I don't miss them...

Yes I have more reviews coming soon. Plus I have another metal paint line to test and review. I have a busy couple weeks coming up. Thanks for watching

Nice, sounds like you watch Forged In Fire, o e of mine and my wife's favorite shows

@@barbatosrex9473 I've seen a few episodes but not regularly lol. I just like making cosplay props and armor and make some stuff for local Indie movie creators. Right now I'm making a Battle Angel Alita costume & sword, manga version.

Thanks, should make the P51 look awesome. I'll be testing a couple more Alclad's in a day or two

Hell yeah, how great is this stuff. I now have just about every color of theirs. I have more candy colors coming in and just got 2 more of the metal colors. I'll be testing them soon. Great company, awesome paint

Ammo Mig is their UK distributor. Great paints 👍

Thank you. This is a fairly old video and I forget sometimes it's out there. I'm trying to test all the metal paints out there. The AK Extreme paints are about as good as these. Check out my video on those too

No thinning at all. Straight out of the bottle

Thanks, this truly is a great line up of paints

@@barbatosrex9473 Yes I think so too. These will go great with my resin prints. do you have a link where all the assortment of colors can be purchased?

Can you tell me the correct chrome to purchase to get the mirror like effect

@@cosmic2x472 watch one of my new videos, I love Green Stuff World Chrome, I was shocked as to how great it is and it's durable. I love Alclad but this Green Stuff World Chrome is the best I've tested so far

Oddly enough, it’s now sold as Ammo Mig Alclad brass. I bought some on eBay.

Check out my video on that here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kB9wwCyG1dw.html

I believe they discontinued the Poliched Brass. I get more questions on that color than any other. But unfortunately I don't think you can get it any more. That said I do like their standard gold very much. I like the gold aittle bit more Alclad is among my favorite paints out there. Also check out my Modo Chrome test video, I test a chrome plating that is very nice

Sure with a proper primer

@@barbatosrex9473 Great, Thanks!

No thinning, 15 psi

To get what you're looking for what you mentioned won't work. You do however have 2 more choices. AK Extreme Metal and Vallejo Liquid Metal. Both of those have great gold colors and should be easy to find

Yes, once fully dry you can. I just tested 2K auto clear urethane and it worked perfectly

The Polished Brass has been discontinued because of poor quality control. It's the only color they've discontinued for it gave inconsistent results

Thanks buddy, those 2 spoons are from the Dollar Tree, little chrome plated cocktail spoons covered with Tamiya Clear blue on one and Mr Color Clear blue on the other.

Thanks buddy 👍 I'm doing my best

I didn't clear coat these. But if you do clear coat them use Alclad Aqua Gloss or Vallejo Metal Varnish. Not sure why mine came out shinier than yours. Sometimes a clear gloss over the black will help with a High Shine

@@barbatosrex9473 brilliant thanks will give that a go

I have that Mr Tool cleaner too and it's great. Sure you can use it to clean up after Alclad. A lot of times in my videos I show cheaper alternatives to use over more expensive brands as a lot of viewers don't have easy access to some of these supplies. But yes, go ahead and use the Mr brand. That happens to be my favorite brand too 😀

@@barbatosrex9473 Many thanks, can the Mr. Tool also clean the Aqua gross as well?

@@calvin14888 Aqua Gloss should be cleaned with hot water, and then a flush of Windex. Acetone at the end can't hurt either

Those are all good choices but did you see my latest video?

@@barbatosrex9473 Yes Sir! was very impressive considering it came from a PEN. that is partly what is driving my interest in Highly Reflective chromes.

I'm not sure, it came with the gun. I believe you can try some military model diarama stuff

Yes it should work.

@@barbatosrex9473 Thank you!

ALC 305 is what you want. Amazon seems over priced though. I paid under $10 for my bottle.

Www.houseofhobbies.com has it for $4, great place to buy from

@@barbatosrex9473 hey, thanks for the help.

Check out my video on Modo Chrome and Gold plate. Their gold might be what you're looking for

@@barbatosrex9473 Thanks!

I don't happen to see polished brass available anywhere from Alclad, did they discontinue it or do you know where I can get it online? Or something comparable?

@@Kal-el23 Go here spraygunner.com?aff=10 once there search Alclad Polished Brass. They're now distributed by Ammo of Mig. Be sure to buy from the link I gave you, these guys are great and help me out a ton.

@@barbatosrex9473 hey sorry for the double post but this is more recent so maybe you'll notice it. I actually bought the polished brass from this link after watching this video and I'm wondering if it's a different formula now with mig. I'm spraying exactly like I do for their other high shines and I think just like you are in this video but it's like it goes on hazy and just never clears up. Any ideas?

Not really. Once it dries for almost a week it's pretty durable. But check my clear coat test video for coating Alclad Chrome

I see. First, I used armored komodo chrome and it was faded when I touching even it was cured already a day. Then, I changed to alclad chrome. But, it faded also after 1 day curing.. I'm gonna try your advice, thank you mr. Barbatos.

Yes,, I recommend an acrylic matt

Thanks. Love the videos by the way👍🏼. Started 3d printing and want to start YouTubing myself. Going to print an Ironman suit. Is it possible to airbrush to that scale?

@@snoddy6653 sure, just have the needle and nozzle match the scale. The larger the project the larger the needle and vise versa

Is it an Alclad bottle or one that says Ammo Mig Alclad?

@@barbatosrex9473 It looks exactly like the one you used in the vid. I don't see Ammo Mig anywhere on the bottle.

@@valenciamarcus97 got it. I asked because Ammo are the new ones. Alclad discontinued the polished brass awhile back, I believe cause they were having troubles with it as I have read somewhere. I'm thinking you got a bad bottle

@@barbatosrex9473 Ah that makes sense. I believed someone on reddit also told me that I might have a bad one. Well that sucks after getting excited with how good yours look. Are there any other paints from them that I should look out for? Only Alclad I can get where I am are in the non-Ammo bottles.

I found that out after I filmed this. However if you watch my video on the Aqua Gloss, it's the polished brass that rubbed off easy and was told its one of the reasons it was deleted from their catalog. Not sure about a replacement yet

@@barbatosrex9473 OH I REMEMBER THAT NOW! I watched the AG video when it first came out. I'm reviewing your videos since I am about to do an Alclad purchase and I'm trying to figure out what I want to get - your videos are legitimately the best resource I've found for Alclad paints. I was excited to get Polished Brass and was sad when I couldn't find it anywhere! But it not working with AG makes sense as a reason for its pull, I am going to be using AG and I'd be upset if it rubbed off with it. I hope they find a way to replace it, its such a vibrant, wonderful color!

Yes for sure. It looks great too

Yes,Alclad actually sells there own Micro Mesh polishing sheet set

I hate to says this but I found out after I filmed this video that the Polished Brass has been discontinued. I got mine at a local hobby shop. Old stock I'm guessing. I'll check with them tomorrow to see if he has any left. I do believe they're going to reissue it so be on the look out.

@@barbatosrex9473 Thanks, I appreciate the response! I've had my eyes open for it for a minute or two so I'll just keep looking and hope it geta reissued soon, lol Thanks again!

You can still get it under the name Ammo Mig Alclad polished brass.

@@tomcarroll3338 do you know if the ammo mig version is the same recipe rebranded or if it's something new? I actually just got it from spray Gunner after seeing how amazing it looked in this video and I just can't get it to work. I have airframe aluminum too and it behaves exactly like in barbatos rex video: goes on slightly hazy and then clears up like a mirror. It seems from this video that the polished brass should do that too but it just seems to go on as a Rich almost semi-gloss brass or gold. I'm spraying the two exactly the same way and when I try spraying even lighter with the polished brass then it just looks like a semi-gloss brass with black flecks in it

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I haven't, I was only able to find large bottles of it for $50 a color. Do you know a place I can get them in smaller amounts?

@@barbatosrex9473 try coast airbrush in Anaheim California. I use to get the 1oz. Bottles from my local hobby shop (Pegasus hobbies) but they stop ordering from the distributor they have, but they have some colors but not all. Coast airbrush sells small bottles but they are bigger than 1oz.

Smallest I've seen on the site was 4oz.

It's funny cause I just sprayed some of their Gun Metal over the weekend. I love it.

@@barbatosrex9473 sweet, can't wait to see it. I just tried it over gloss black, and it just looks black... So hopefully I can see a master get some good results.

@@arusiasotto you can see it in one of my new videos, I sprayed it during the Iwata Eclipse airbrush test video from last week. Check it out

@@barbatosrex9473 checked it out, i must have missed it somewhere, I just saw the Alclad Steel?

Go here and search Alclad spraygunner.com?aff=10

@@barbatosrex9473 thank you!

These being lacquers means you can use just about anything buy I do like Vallejo Metal Varnish

@@barbatosrex9473 Use that varnish and it comes off when you put masking tape on it. It doesn't seem to stick well

Have you tried any lacquer clear topping? Alclad has some. I do like Mr Super Clear too

@@barbatosrex9473 thanks! 😉

Used for shiny look (look for a flat topcoat if you want the surface to be flat) , maybe a lacquer based topcoat might offer better paint protection because aqua gloss is water-based it could be ruined by other types of paint you might be using.

spraygunner.com?aff=10

Search Alclad at the link I just replied to you with

@@barbatosrex9473 thank you

Sorry to hear that. I have 2 stores hear in the smallest state that have them but all my favorite online retail hobby stores have full stocks, that's where I filled out my collection

@@barbatosrex9473 is the alclad clear coat safe to apply on pale gold? And is alclad clear coat enamel or acrylic based?

Can you give me more details on your equipment and air pressure. Needle size, distance from airbrush ect...

@@barbatosrex9473 hi Barbados, I'm using a cheap kit and nothing like your set up. In light of my comments I've since done some more research found that its most likely me at fault for the results. I didn't put down a nice gloss finish with the primer before applying the airframe aluminium which I'm guessing is the key factor to achieving a more mirror finish? Distance wise I kept at roughly 8 inches and I can't accurately set the pressure to 15 so I had to judge it which doesn't help :)

@@pixel_infusion8281 The first time I used Alclad I didn't get good results and wondered how others did. For this paint it all comes down to PSI! I shot it at way lower psi to any other paints and it comes out perfect. I was shooting at my usual Tamiya 18-20 and with this 12-15 is best. Even down to 10 it lays on perfect. As we see with this video, they also mostly require a base coat to look perfect.

I'm trying to get better at that. I also started to put a screen shot of the spoons at the end of my videos, check out my latest. But I'm doing my best to get better at this, my channel got popular pretty fast and this is a learn as you go kinda thing. I don't even use a professional camera and I can only see half of what I'm doing. 😉 But thank you for watching and I promise to get better at that

I think your trying to tell me to do much lighter coats?? I do tend to have a heavy hand but I'll be going lighter here on in...Thanks

Lol yeah that makes sense. I tried the polished brass and i got a horribly dull finish. But i had sprayed like 3 heavy ass coats

Do they make Gold Chrome ??

I assume you mean aluminum? In which case he is pronouncing it properly - the pronunciation varies by country and region, especially in the US.

@@chives6423 No. He's mixing up the M and N the way children do. There is "Aluminium" and "Aluminum", not "Alunimum" If im wrong, please feel free to show me any language that pronounces it "Alunimum" It's a small thing, but i seriously can't handle hearing it more than 20 times before i have to stop it