most reflective paint?

Xenosis

Active Member
hey looking for the most light reflective non heat reflective paint that i can get in a spray paint can.

specific names would help a lot like at home depot, lowes, or walmart.

thanks
 

Murfy

Well-Known Member
look at the ingredients-

titanium dioxide. flat white. or semi glos is not as reflective, BUT is washable.
 

Xenosis

Active Member
thanks, did a quick google and found this,

1st regular Flat white paint has the ability to reflect between 75-85% of the light, and does not create hotspots, but now there is a new white. Its called "Titanium White" & it is HIGHLY reflective. Its been around for a long time & i just recently heard of it, & found some @ hobby lobby. Im useing it to paint my DIY hood for my 150w HPS, which i will be posting once done. Let me tell you, it is a very bright white, not glossy, & can be use by itself or you can buy it as a pigment & mix in w/ other white paint to increase its reflectivity. From what ive researched it has a reflectivity of around 90% & up to 97.2%, depending on how much Titanium dioxide it has in it, the main ingredent in Titanium White.
Titanium dioxide: For more than just glowing white
With a reflectivity higher than diamond, titanium dioxide is the white pigment with an unparalleled whiteness. For more than four decades, Sachtleben has been producing ultra-white titanium dioxide from black ore, using concentrated sulfuric acid.
With its top-quality Hombitan anatase microcrystals for the most diverse man-made fiber applications, Sachtleben is the acknowledged quality leader in the field of spun fiber delustering. Only anatase-microcrystals make it possible to deluster and work initially transparent man-made fibers. Special functional additives from Sachtleben enable textile and fiber producers to manufacture products incorporating completely new properties.
In plastics for window sections, garden furniture, everyday household objects (toaster housings, smoothing-iron casings, etc.) and also in plastic components for the automotive industry and in plastics-based paints and coatings, rutile titanium dioxide pigments ensure high whitenesses and color intensities while at the same time protecting against yellowing and preventing the embrittlement of the material.
Our high-quality, homogeneous and highly weather-resistant Hombitec RM series nano-titanium-dioxide grades make it possible to apply Colorstyling to modify the color of automotive paints at will. Hombitec grades developed specially for wood preservation provide the most diverse woods with excellent weathering resistance, by filtering the high-energy radiation harmful to wood out of sunlight. Sachtleben also supplies nano-titanium dioxides suitable for high-factor sun-protection cremes and plastic (foodstuff-) packaging. Hombitan Anatase FF-Pharma, an anatase titanium dioxide pigment with a particularly high chemical purity, is the most important white pigment for the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries. Hombitan FG excellently fullfills the special requirements of foodindustries or tipping paper manufacturers.
As a specialist in the solid-state and surface chemistry of titanium dioxide, Sachtleben has developed revolutionary products for analytical and preparative liquid chromatography: Sachtopore. In addition to these applications, titanium dioxide can also be used as a catalyst, as a photocatalyst, and as an inert ceramic base material for active components. Mixed-phase oxides for colored pigments, and also specific catalysts, can be created using Hombitan VKR 611, a micronized high-surface-area, highly reactive non-calcined titanium dioxide.
think i found my paint, well the paint that i need to look for anyways.
 

Caregivin

Well-Known Member
Titanium OXIDE is a key whitener for pigment in paints,AKA dioxide, another component to look for. And comex products use a shit load of it. Im a painter, I paint, I know. And FYI semi gloss and gloss suitably applied will reflect 70-85% of light, make sure it is acrylic enamel it you want a nice shine...but application is the most important part to get it as reflective as possible, thats the hard part.
 
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