> > 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