Why is silver paint called aluminum paint?

Posted by on July 27, 2005, 11:11 pm

All my life I have wondered this.
Why is silver paint called aluminum paint?
It can be painted on steel, wood, plastic, brass, and darn near
anything else (including aluminum), so why that name?

Posted by tom on July 27, 2005, 9:59 pm

All your life, eh? Tom

Posted by Hopkins on July 28, 2005, 5:11 am

Well, there is a color called 'silver' and a color called 'aluminum'.
They're different - in fact, there are 2 or 3 different 'aluminum'
colors that I've seen.

Posted by on July 28, 2005, 7:48 am

anoldfart2@invalid.com wrote:

> All my life I have wondered this.
> Why is silver paint called aluminum paint?
> It can be painted on steel, wood, plastic, brass, and darn near
> anything else (including aluminum), so why that name?

Because the color comes from aluminum which is a hell of a lot cheaper
than real silver. Note that some cars do come in silver.

Lou

Posted by on July 28, 2005, 11:55 am

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:48:04 -0400, Lou@GoForIt.net wrote:

>anoldfart2@invalid.com wrote:

>> All my life I have wondered this.
>> Why is silver paint called aluminum paint?
>> It can be painted on steel, wood, plastic, brass, and darn near
>> anything else (including aluminum), so why that name?

>Because the color comes from aluminum which is a hell of a lot cheaper
>than real silver. Note that some cars do come in silver.
>Lou

Does that mean the paint contains aluminum particles? If it does, how
come it can be used on steel without causing a corrosion problem?

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