Have been looking around for some really high light absorbent black paint. Today came across an article in current THE NEW YORKER magazine that mentioned Vantablack that absorbs 99.96% of light. Problem is that it is not sold to private individuals. Also mentioned was Singularity black paint from NanoLab which "absorbs 98.5% of visible light incident upon it". But a 250ml can of Singularity black goes for $300.00. Other options out there that are more reasonably priced?
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Would it be possible to glue a thin piece of black flocking material to whatever it is you're trying to paint?
Unfortunately inside of the housing has a lot of compound angles. I have some black flocking material, and considered using it but painting would be a whole, whole lot easier.Originally Posted by desertrat
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Greg
Not sure if it is black enough for your purpose, but I used blackboard paint from Home Despot to paint the wall behind my enlarger.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
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It's hard to absorb light, as most finishes will bounce some light off of them due to angle of incident issues (light bounces off a surface at the same angle of the incident angle that strikes it)...
Something to consider is observing where the biggest trouble spots are and treat those angles first (like baffling, grooved, felts, etc) then other places can use general painting with very flat blacks should do the trick to attenuate the reflected light...
Where are you trying to solve a reflection problem?
Steve K
What's the application? That would probably help us to come up with a recommendation. L
Paint on the inside of the housing has flaked off (age?) and bright metal surface underneath shows through.
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Greg
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