Hi Arthur - If you have a spray equipment I recommend using Steinway's bronze powder suspended in lacquer. You just stir in enough powder in your gun cup to give the lacquer good color and spray away, making sure to keep swirling the cup as you go to keep a good suspension. You may choose any sheen of lacquer you like, of course, but I would not recommend going to a sheen higher than semi-gloss. Lately, because of proximity, I've been using Sherwin Williams 24% Solids Finishing Lacquer, Medium-Rubbed Effect #T75F42 with very good results. Should you encounter any "fish-eyes" because of contaminants, spray on a coat of fresh shellac, then proceed with the lacquer after it dries for a couple hours. A nice effect is to finish with one coat of CLEAR lacquer after you have the bronze color where you want it. Gives a very nice depth. Don't mix up alot more color than you think you'll need, it is only usable for a day or so before the mixture begins to go greenish-blue! Hope this helps. If you have to use spray CANS, I haven't found them to be of a very high quality in either performance, consistency, or durability. Only use as a last resort. Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:36:30 -0500 "Arthur Sacco Jr." <peep@mail.massed.net> writes: > List: > What paint would you recommend to spray a grand plate. > Thanks in advance. > Arthur > >
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