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  1. #1
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    Default finish on top of metal inlay

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    <HR style="COLOR: #c0aa94" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Hi Guys,

    first time posting, I need advice due to technical challenge.

    I am building a dinning table in solid american wallnut, which has an aluminium (3mm) inlay. My polisher and the paint supplier do not want to apply a full finish over the alumin while in place as they are worried about bond and stress fractures due to movement.

    Now I have seen this technique being applied by "Knoll" in their office case goods. Any body has any experience they can share or guide me to a resource that can help ??

    Finish I am considering is a 10% poly (BC coatings)

    many thanks
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    Enrique,
    your pictures or whatever they are don't show up on my computer so I can't see what you're trying to do. Aluminium is notoriously difficult for paint to adhere to. It usually needs to be (hydrofluoric - very nasty) acid etched or sand blasted or abraded just prior to applying coatings. Coatings are usually specifically designed for use on aluminium, so I can see why your polisher and supplier are running scared. Possibly aluminium with a clear anodised finish will take a finish better, but i don't know for certain.

    Mick
    "If you need a machine today and don't buy it,

    tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."

    - Henry Ford 1938

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