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new ULTRA flat black acrylic paint

Started by Bill Gill, April 19, 2017, 05:33:59 AM

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Bill Gill

Read description of this ultra flat black acrylic paint (it really does absorb almost all light that falls on it, making a painted object look like a black hole). Though a bit pricey and temporarily sold out, looks very interesting. Here are two links with a little more information about the paint:

http://stuartsemple.com/projects/black-v1-0-beta-worlds-mattest-flattest-black-art-material/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vantablack-vs-black-superblack-907556

Ray Dunakin

Cool paint.

And apparently someone REALLY dislikes Anish Kapoor.

Visit my website to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

Ray Dunakin's World

nk

There is also another even flatter black made from nanotubes called gravity black from Nanolab: https://www.nano-lab.com/gravity-oil-paint.html Its more black than Stuart Semple's black but still pretty costly, but if you need a light absorbing paint without getting into Surrey Nanosystems VANTAblack or MIT's even blacker black, this is the one for you.
You may ask yourself: "Well, how did I get here?"

http://public.fotki.com/nkhandekar/

finescalerr

Narayan, it seems to have taken you at least two months to find Bill's post. What kind of modeling mischief have you been up to lately? -- Russ

nk

Quote from: finescalerr on June 20, 2022, 11:55:52 PM
Narayan, it seems to have taken you at least two months to find Bill's post. What kind of modeling mischief have you been up to lately? -- Russ

Russ: Nice of you to ask. Thanks. I have moved house and set up a studio in our basement (that involved designing and ordering tables, replacing pinched hydraulic lines etc etc). I am just getting a second wind on a project based on a street in Sao Paulo and I have a line of future projects dying to be built. Its nice to start to feel settled and back to the bench. More soon.
You may ask yourself: "Well, how did I get here?"

http://public.fotki.com/nkhandekar/

Bill Gill

Interesting timing on your reply, Narayan!
Just a few days ago I saw a pothole in a street that looked like it went to the center of the earth. I thought of your street dioramas and chuckled that the ultra black would be a way to model the appearance of that crater :)

Bill Gill

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"Narayan, it seems to have taken you at least two months to find Bill's post. What kind of modeling mischief have you been up to lately?" -- Russ

Russ, The original post was in April 2017  ::)