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I decided to start a new thread on the review of these panels. I will be posting in steps so that I can get a review to everyone a little faster than if I waited until I finished a painting on one. First I will do an unpacking with general comments.
I have to say that so far I am impressed with Metal Craft Industries overall. The customer service is very good. I ordered (12) 12" X 18" X 0.025" panels. They are basically powder coated panels. Unlike the panels you can buy from a certain airbrush supplier, they are glossy on both sides. At a cost of $3.65 they are about half the cost of the others.
After I ordered the owner of the company was speaking with the sales rep and had her call me to see if I wanted the edges deburred as he remembered a previous artist asking for that service. It is not an option that is selectable on the website at time of order. The cost to do it is only $0.25 per panel and well worth it to not have to do it once the panel arrive. I guess you would need to call in your order to get the deburring service.
The 12 panels with deburring and shipping cost roughy 60 bucks.
The unpacking.
The packing was top notch, no way these babies were getting damaged in shipment.
The box was taped up very good and this is the view of it just opened. As you can see there is styrofoam around all four sides to prevent any corner damage.
Here the packing paper is removed.
Here you can see that the panels are sandwiched between to thick plastic boards to protect the surface.
Here is a picture of the stack completely unpacked.
Here I am trying to show how smooth and glossy the surface of these panels are but its hard to capture that in a photo. The panels are very smooth and have a high gloss finish on both sides.
That concludes the unpacking. I will add more to the review once I get a chance to paint on one of these panels. I will say however that if anyone wants to order a few to try out, I don't see any reason that these panels won't work good for airbrush painting.
I decided to start a new thread on the review of these panels. I will be posting in steps so that I can get a review to everyone a little faster than if I waited until I finished a painting on one. First I will do an unpacking with general comments.
I have to say that so far I am impressed with Metal Craft Industries overall. The customer service is very good. I ordered (12) 12" X 18" X 0.025" panels. They are basically powder coated panels. Unlike the panels you can buy from a certain airbrush supplier, they are glossy on both sides. At a cost of $3.65 they are about half the cost of the others.
After I ordered the owner of the company was speaking with the sales rep and had her call me to see if I wanted the edges deburred as he remembered a previous artist asking for that service. It is not an option that is selectable on the website at time of order. The cost to do it is only $0.25 per panel and well worth it to not have to do it once the panel arrive. I guess you would need to call in your order to get the deburring service.
The 12 panels with deburring and shipping cost roughy 60 bucks.
The unpacking.
The packing was top notch, no way these babies were getting damaged in shipment.
The box was taped up very good and this is the view of it just opened. As you can see there is styrofoam around all four sides to prevent any corner damage.
Here the packing paper is removed.
Here you can see that the panels are sandwiched between to thick plastic boards to protect the surface.
Here is a picture of the stack completely unpacked.
Here I am trying to show how smooth and glossy the surface of these panels are but its hard to capture that in a photo. The panels are very smooth and have a high gloss finish on both sides.
That concludes the unpacking. I will add more to the review once I get a chance to paint on one of these panels. I will say however that if anyone wants to order a few to try out, I don't see any reason that these panels won't work good for airbrush painting.
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