Night Vision IR reflective paint/coating?

[kthomas]

Is there an IR reflective paint or coating that exists that would show up through an NV scope?

My buddy has a NV scope on his airgun (legal purposes) and we were wondering if there was an IR reflective paint/coating that we can spray on to our steel targets to do some night shooting.

Anything out there that would work for our purposes? Max range is ~80 yards.

 

[Prebanpaul]

I know the paint on marine one call sign throws off a star bright light.

 

[newguy2k3v2]

Plain ol chrome spray paint works pretty well.

 

[WillHugh]

I'm interested in this too. So far it seems like white painted targets show up the best for me.

I'd like to find a paint that was IR reflective but not white light reflective, if there is such a thing. I suppose material similar to what's used in IR patches would work, or hanging a glow stick next to the target, but would be nice to have reflective targets I could just touch up with paint periodically.

 

[MarinePMI]

Anyone tried glitter spray paint?

 

[TheGerman]

IR hits this and its like 'Hi There!'

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WRNPI50/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[PlinkIt]

Night Vision - Steel targets with thermal... No heat...

Swapped one of my thermal units back to a gun it was on before, and punched in what I had written down as my zero. I normally use reflective tape on cardboard to zero my thermals But.... I had a can of paint... And started thinking... Wonder what this will look like... Been raining all day...

www.snipershide.com

 

[kthomas]

IR hits this and its like 'Hi There!'

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WRNPI50/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_image?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Exactly what I'm looking for! Just bought a bottle to try out.

 

[_Windrider_]

Cerakote has a special blend but it’s not available to civilians

 

[PlinkIt]

Go to Walmart
Find Rust-Oleum metalic finish
It's cheap, and it works
Its pictures in the link I posted above

 

[niteshooter]

Regular Gloss black spray paint stands out well with the green night vision tubes.

 

[NHPiper]

@WillHugh