stainless steel paint color for a Delorean build?

[jeninjohnk 34]

has anyone come up with a paint color/combinations that will give you the color of stainless steel??  i have a Delorean body but having a hard time finding a color that will work/close to stainless steel. thanks

[topforcein 1764]

try a body shop suppliers they should be able to make up that colour in a rattle can

as long as they have a reference to copy off they should be able to make it 

[Busdriver 6270]

Try Alclad 

[SupraChrgd82 1434]

 

I'm partial to this for PolyCarb: https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/86063/index.htm

[OCD 514]

Surprised no one suggested PS-48 Silver Anodized Aluminum!

There's no flakes, just pure aluminum "color". I think it would look very close to the stainless finish on the Delorean

[ruebiracer 1168]

2 hours ago, OCD said:

Surprised no one suggested PS-48 Silver Anodized Aluminum!

There's no flakes, just pure aluminum "color". I think it would look very close to the stainless finish on the Delorean

In the first pic it seems a bit too mirror finish to me, but with flat clear on the outside, this could give the look!

Or switch to red! Some Deloreans were also painted red...

[graemevw 825]

2 hours ago, ruebiracer said:

 

Or switch to red! Some Deloreans were also painted red...

Not from the factory.

Dealers painted some I think but delorean didn't paint any cars.

They do look good painted though! 

[xzenonuk 79]

what colour do you paint the flux capacitor though?

[Saito2 7245]

1 hour ago, graemevw said:

3 hours ago, ruebiracer said:

 

Or switch to red! Some Deloreans were also painted red...

Not from the factory.

My boss at the bodyshop BITD used to say if someone saw a painted Delorean, they were looking at one that had been in an accident...

[wolfdogstinkus 1963]

Just now, Saito2 said:

 if someone saw a painted Delorean, they were looking at one that had been in an accident...

I've never had a car accident....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I always did it on purpose.    

[No Slack 502]

Tamiya bright gun metal. 

[graemevw 825]

3 hours ago, Saito2 said:

My boss at the bodyshop BITD used to say if someone saw a painted Delorean, they were looking at one that had been in an accident...

I think some America  dealers painted them, and Delorean had 3 painted as prototypes.

About 20 years ago I saw one for sale in the UK that was said to be the one frank delorean went to court in. It was dark red and had a cream leather interior (it was about 10k incidently, more than they normally were).

No idea why it ended up painted though.

 

[Mokei Kagaku 2909]

I don't know if it has been mentioned already,, but front and rear "caps" were of plastic and just painted a colour similar to stainless steel. For an authentic looking model, these parts of the body should ideally be painted a darker and somewhat less metallic grey.

[Mokei Kagaku 2909]

Replicating the gold plated DMC12 would also be an alternative.....or maybe not! 

https://www.deloreandirectory.com/articles/the-gold-plated-deloreans/

[graemevw 825]

1 hour ago, Mokei Kagaku said:

Replicating the gold plated DMC12 would also be an alternative.....or maybe not! 

https://www.deloreandirectory.com/articles/the-gold-plated-deloreans/

That's great!

I used to be a gold plater many years ago, although the largest thing I plated was probably a hammer.

 

[67CamaroSS 304]

Do you have picture of the body you are using?

[jeninjohnk 34]

i have tried ps-12 backed with black+white.. i have ps-48 and ps-63 on the way. so far from all the google pics i can find ps-48 is going to be it but we will see. my painting skills are ok at best.:)

[Saito2 7245]

8 hours ago, graemevw said:

I think some America  dealers painted them, and Delorean had 3 painted as prototypes.

That's quite possible. I'm pretty sure they were all unpainted when they left the factory at least, except for the gold ones.

[graemevw 825]

19 minutes ago, Saito2 said:

That's quite possible. I'm pretty sure they were all unpainted when they left the factory at least, except for the gold ones.

I've read delorean didn't even have a paint shop, bumpers etc were bought in ready painted.

[J@mes 2330]

18 hours ago, OCD said:

Surprised no one suggested PS-48 Silver Anodized Aluminum!

There's no flakes, just pure aluminum "color". I think it would look very close to the stainless finish on the Delorean

Good shout, PS48 backed with PS23 or similar would get my vote. I used PS48 backed with white & that doesn’t look like stainless steel.

[OCD 514]

2 hours ago, jeninjohnk said:

i have tried ps-12 backed with black+white.. i have ps-48 and ps-63 on the way. so far from all the google pics i can find ps-48 is going to be it but we will see. my painting skills are ok at best.:)

The PS-63 is pretty much standard as far as polycarb paint goes. Start with a light coat and then a couple of regular coats will give a nice result. Tamiya's PS metallics are decently opaque and  shouldn't give you too much trouble.

PS-48 is a bit different. The "anodized" paints are notoriously tricky to apply. It's far less opaque (very little pigment if any at all), extremely thin, and takes a fair number of very light coats to be solid enough for backing. I've tried both PS-5 black and PS-12 silver backings and found both work well. The black gives a deeper shine than the silver however. Hope this helps

[Manix92 122]

I would have thought the closest you could get to the finish on a delorean is to use a brushed steel wrap.

As has been stated they were bare metal but the stainless steel was then brushed - not polished. Stupid idea really stainless steel weighs more than normal steel used for car bodies so you are making the car heavier.

Anyway what about something like this?

https://www.wrapdirect.com/brushed-silver-aluminium-vinyl-with-adt/

Have no idea how well it would stick to the body and really you want brushed stainless not aluminium, sure someone would sell stainless version somewhere.

[jeninjohnk 34]

thanks!!!! i will update when the painting begins!