>> On May 4, 7:01 pm, Bert Morris <bertmor...@erols.com> wrote:
>>> Ned Sneed wrote:
>>> > I want to have some barndoors that look like they are made of copper.
>>> > What kind of treatment would work for this?

>>> > Cheers!

>>> > ned

>>> Dear Ned,

>>> Don't know the show or size of your barn doors in question, but if they
>>> are already being/have been built, Krylon spray paint has a full line of
>>> metallic paints of every kind, including copper, gold, silver, etc.

>> I want to use these barndoors on a four-cell mole light, so I am
>> thinking the barndoor might be the size that would fit on a 10"
>> fresnel or so...I like the idea of spray paint, but there is the heat
>> issue. I will be using the barndoors as a "look" rather than to
>> actually shape the beam so there's that. Copper plating would be
>> great, but would that be insanely expensive?

>> Thanks for the replies!

>> ned

> WEll you can do it yourself, but you can just buy roofing copper, make
> your own & spray the inner leaf black. Heats not a huge issue with spray
> paint.