[sdiy] Coating aluminum

David G. Dixon dixon at interchange.ubc.ca
Mon May 11 19:23:12 CEST 2009


> If the Krylon Matte is oil based and not water based you probably will be
> fine going right over it.  If it is water based, probably not.  You could
> use a clear shellac spray to bridge the two if it is water based.  Clear
> shellac will pretty much let you marry incompatible finishes as both water
> and oil based will adhere to it and vice versa.

The stuff is 40% acetone, 27% toluene, 14% propane and 13% butane (and, I
guess, about 6% magic foo foo dust!).  That's sounds pretty oil-based to me!
I think I'll just spray right over it.




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