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Re: Smoked Polycarbonate

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Originally Posted by drwisley View Post
We've used a fair amount of smoked PC from mcmaster and it isn't that great of a look (especially for the price increase). We have found that spraying the underside of clear PC with black or a team color looks much better. It maintains a nice glossy finish this way.
We do this for body panels with logos, sponsors, and such. It makes the panel fully opaque and allows for a much thinner material (we use 0.03" for panels.) This saves a lot of weight over 1/8" sheet. Just make sure you spray a couple even coats of your color on the inside of the panel and let the paint dry between each coat.

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