Petrol Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 http://www.alsacorp.com/ Chromeboy finishes aside (although they could do that, and such an awesome job at that) I really am starting to love their eclipse paint... http://alsacorp.com/products/eclipse/video/eclipse_sink.wmv The temperature change is sensative enough that leave your hand on your axe, it would change colour. With their colour concentrates, those sink colourations would be possible, and man, they look sweet! Anyone ever tried to use their stuff before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 The House Of Kolor Kosmic Chrome is easy to spray and bit cheaper. I haven't done a whole body with it, yet, but I did use it some. In an airbrush class the instructor explained that the HOK stuff is cheaper, easier to spray and looks better. He did development work for HOK and Alsa. What I can figure is HOK took more time to bring their product to market to ensure a superior product. No one is inventing the wheel here, grind aluminum but it in a binder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted April 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Interesting! I may check it out some time, but as for those thermal sensitive paints, theyr'e something I haven't seen elsewhere- if anyone knows of another brand doing them for about half the price any info would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaintIt Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 The problem is none of it really looks chrome. It looks more like shiney aluminum before it is cleared and then uch of the shine goes away after clear. Better used as an effect than a whole paint job. Alsa has a $7000 chrome system that really does look like chrome though. I use a lot of HOK and Alsa products and they are both good IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 those thermal paints are awesome, especially when they reveal another effect such as this: http://alsacorp.com/products/eclipse/video/heat2_vid.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 (edited) Heh, looks like eclipse paint has found good use on guitars before- and in particular, on James Hetfield's very own axe! Lime Green eclipse axe Proof that they can be used, and a demonstration of why I wish I could afford some... EDIT: Turns out Vai has one done in some kind of copper effect, pictures unavailable through Alsa though- anyone seen or heard of this before? Celebrity Project page (Vai at bottom) Edited April 12, 2007 by Petrol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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