Airbrushed ground aluminum - The 3 Panel Story
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2019
- This is the story behind the 3 Panel airbrushed ground aluminum wall decor that I recently finished.
Starting a year ago, I put down the initial grind marks, and then things went south from there. From damage to the panels, to airbrush problems, etc.
A year later it is finally finished.
Music: Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Eight 
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This is beautiful. Can you apply the paint using a technique other than the gun, or is the viscosity of the paint an issue as in it needs to be put on in thin layers? I create abstract acrylic pour pieces and already trying to work this out, lol.
Fascinating stuff.
Oh WOW😵
Beautiful. How do you frame this artwork after?
Presently, we are using a custom made "frame" on the back of the piece to allow them to be mounted on the wall either affixed permanently with a strong adhesive or industrial velcro. If you have the ability to braise aluminum, it would be best to do that with some u-channel for hanging (much more secure).
@@NightStoneArt Thanks for the reply.
good job, very nice. what paint do you used for ???
I used the Auto-Air "Candy2o" airbrush paints by Createx. Poison Green and Emerald Green. :)
Hello! If im creating a resin art painting on a big scale aluminum panel (6 ft by 4 ft), how thick should my panel be for it to be stable and do not bend or warp? I create “Elevated canvas” with the panel to be able to add backlighting to it. I tried a 3 mm panel, and it did stay straight once the support frame was installed to the back of it, but the panel ended up being VERY heavy (45 pounds). I then tried the 1.5 mm thick one, but it bended once the support frame was glued with strong adhesive to the back. So now i dont know what to do. Help pls!
The only way to get around using thin aluminum for the panels is to have the frame it is mounted on include supports. So instead of just a box that is roughly the size of the metal, it would have crossbars in it as well. Before you get to this point, however, you also need to have a solid and flat surface that is large enough to support the entire piece for when you are working on it.
Any amount of flexing of the surface is going to cause potential problems once you start applying paint and then any form of resin or other sealer. I don't have a lot of solid information about adhesives, but for a large piece, you might consider using the thin aluminum, but before doing any work on it, glue it down to an equal size piece of 1/4" MDF. This should result in a little more rigidity, but not as much weight overall. However, the size you are working with is going to need a framework behind it to support it if you want to save weight yet have it not flex.
Ultimately, a brazed or welded aluminum frame made of square aluminum tubing or U-channel aluminum would be best, but that gets into tools, equipment, and techniques I have no knowledge of.
Last point would be that while a customer might want a 6ft by 4ft piece, and that is their choice, if you are looking to create a piece that will take up a larger space, but doesn't have some of the issues you're running into, a multi-panel piece is a good option. Some artists will create a piece that has a 6ft wide footprint, but it will be comprised of multiple panels (I've seen as many as 7).
Again, if you want to save weight, you need to look at a frame that would be attached to the back of the metal itself, and/or having something like an MDF backing glued to the metal. If you choose to try the MDF backing, do not jump into it without studying laminating techniques, because if you don't get the right glue and get it spread evenly, then apply even amounts of pressure, you could wind up with small variations in the aluminum sheet.
road sign are made out of aluminum......just saying....