Custom mixing a hard anodized green/grey look

[CalBears]

I am a model car builder (Tamiya Mini 4wd, Fujimi , Revell vintage kits, and Entex Porsche) however I wanted to get some insight from experienced builders and paint masters about a custom mix for an automotive brake component made of alloyed Al.

It was dinged during transit and is now left with a scrape to the hard anodized finish. I have looked high and low, from polycarbonate to lacquer to enamel based paints for a suitable match but am SOL. I understand that achieving a hard anodized look would be very difficult but it is my only choice since re-anodizing is absolutely out of the question. So please let me know what colors I can get to match the color and sheen at least 80%. Also, the paint should be able to handle at least a couple of hundred degrees (ideally) since it is a brake component that will be used.

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[Ace-Garageguy]

I build real customs and rods for a living, and I can certainly identify with the frustration of dinging something like that and having no cost-effective and acceptable way to repair it.

I'm pretty intensely detail-oriented about my own work, and if that was my part, I'd regularize the damage with small files and sandpaper so there were no jaggedy edges, and so the nick looked to have been machined intentionally rather than having happened accidentally. Be CAREFUL to not scratch any of the surrounding area with the files or abrasives.

Then, I'd carefully mask it and shoot a coat or 2 of Duplicolor green self-etching primer on the spot. The Duplicolor is quite transparent and allows the color of the metal to show through somewhat if you only shoot a few coats.

Frankly, I think that's about as good as you could possibly hope to get here.

Done right, it will not draw your eye like an obvious jagged, bare alloy "oops" does.