I looked around the NV postings but didn't see anything directly pertaining to this subject, please point me in the right direction if there's already a thread. Do those IR reflective paints for houses work in this capacity? I'm trying to see steel targets out to ranges of about 300 meters. It would be nice if there was some sort of clear coat that reflected IR so I wouldn't have to change the existing color of the targets.
Night Vision IR reflective paints for steel targets?
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Black always best color to see with NV .
Cheep way to reflect your IR supplement off steal target . Just take a little mist of adhesive spray on the steal, Then just sprinkle a bit of glass-bead relative powder . Your IR will reflect a mile away off that stuff.
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Are you asking about I^2 or thermal? A plate painted with flat black paint would not appear reflective when viewing it with thermal. All you would see is the plate. A plate painted with gloss black would reflect thermal signatures from its suroudings (ground, sky, etc.). Just how reflective depends on the paint's emissivity. I actually use a combination of both on my targets. Depending on conditions, it may work best to paint the entire plate in gloss, then a bullseye in flat, or vice versa. What you really want is a temperature differential between the target and the background.
Never tried the glass-bead powder approach though.
Never tried the glass-bead powder approach though.
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