Silver is a bit shiny, compared to Poly S Stainless Steel or Poly S
Aluminum. If you want to brighten Graphite, you might try either of these
alternatives.
Nelson
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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray
Bedard
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:38 AM
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Paint Question
Ken,
I have used a mix of Floquil graphite and silver to lighten it up a bit.
Just keep adding silver until it looks right to you. Ray Bedard
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> From: kmartin537@surewest.net
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:11:47 -0800
> Subject: [CBQ] Paint Question
>
> I am in the process of painting a Q mountain. It' s the first steam I
> have painted in a while and was wondering what others have used to
> paint the smokebox and firebox. In the distant past I used straight
> silver but have come to realize that is only good for 5632 in railfan
> service. I now realize smokeboxes are darker than silver but not as
> dark as straight graphite.
>
> Ken Martin
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