baumer...nothing local? We have metal linear soffit vent in our local builder's supply. What about painting the Tamlyn in a metal finish? Or using it as a design element and painting barn red? These guys in SoCal make it...don't know if they will ship to AK...but they may have a more local distributor? http://www.cjmetals.com/

Thanks ironwoods.

I thought about painting in metallic actually. Didnt know if there were products to really look metal but I could just call and get those options. i have so much work on siding to accomplish I'd like to eliminate paint. But I tend to do whatever it takes to get what I want! Can't be too picky sometimes.

In fairbanks, Alaska, we have box stores and then we have our local building suppliers which carry very standard stuff. Anything special or specific, is ordered usually from Washington. It's been only way to get what I want thus far. Even very standard stuff in states, can end up being a special order for us.

My building supplier I work with, says anything from Washington... He can get!

@ironwoods
http://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/for-your-home/paint-products/benjamin-moore-studio-finishes?lang=en_US&role=H#s_pu=exterior_product&s_pt=use_paint&piSheen=621&advs=0&tab=2

Did that paste right? They have a molten metallic line in their studio category :-) have yet to call Sherwins. They have been my whole house paint joint. :-) but I think there are a lot of great manus.

baumer, I've been offline for a while, finishing an estimate and supporting documents for a potential client. I checked the spec (what there was of it) and didn't see anything about adhering to vinyl. Rockin' Fine Finishes, one of our houzzers, has a prep and finish solution for vinyl...try discussing it with him. How soon do you need the vent material? I'd bet your building supplier can get it for you in metal. BTW, on your other post you talked about carrying your underfloor radiant outside to your entry/deck tile....I think you should talk to the radiant flooring company to see what they say about doing that zone from the existing boiler.

There's a product here in Washington called alloy bond and it looks metallic I guess as any paint product will what color are you thinking it comes in copper stainless black and I think three other colors ?

Thanks ironwood! We haven't installed underfloor quite yet as it's just the pex with plates into the 1-1/8 ply and running between the floor joists (rather than in concrete floor). So we can do it anytime and will probably do next summer. Putting in the deck outside I did hear FIL mention a separate zone for that one but he literally thru that out quick when I recently came up with tile idea out in entry. No one has done any research on that yet and we always do that first :-). Definitely something to look into before doing

The Tamlyn product PDF says in red letters:

Use light or pastel paint colors only on Tamlyn PVC or Sherwin-Williams Vinyl Safe™Paint. Use of dark color paint will cause deformation. Tamlyn vinyl products are not warranted if painted with dark color paint.

Sherwin is my paint "guy" but they must have some kind of team thing going on like kraft macaroni noodles specifying kraft chedder cheese. I am sure other companies must offer a vinyl safe product in a metallic? I mean in this day and age.. Sherwin has metallic but it's not the same. It doesn't have same effect.

I didn't even think to look on the studio molten metallic to see if it was vinyl safe. Im such a dope. too much going on I suppose. Siding- quantity and waste, colors, soffits, reveals... lions, tigers, and bears, OH MY!

You said soffits will this venting ever see sun ?

It's the sun the warps vinyl that's been painted and extreme heat

We are siding this summer so ignore the white sun turned yellow foam. Soffits are under shed style roofs. I can't see them getting any direct sunlight...

It's sideways. Sorry. I was looking up and cam was angled. Horrible pic.

Taken a couple months ago...

The reason they ask for vinyl safe paint there's nothing special about it it's the removal of certain colorants for instance if want black no way that's happening so to make vinyl look like metal is a long shot but you can choose a color like silver or a light gray that would work what color where you thinking ?

Silver.

I found studio line by BM... Molten metallics. But not sure if its vinyl safe. I can see me calling local store "we don't get that line in fairbanks"... Haha!

I have so much to accomplish with babies I'm overwhelmed!!!

Can I snap my fingers and say "poof"??

Remember it's not the kind of paint you use it's the colorants as long as there isn't black and umber in the paint you are probably good and also check to see if its acrylic

Awesome. And that's easy enough to just ask for the formula. I've done that before.

Thanks!

tamlyn has both pvc and aluminum linear strip vents