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Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] painted vs. anodized aluminum ...

From: Jonathan Snipes <j.snipes@...>
Date: 2006-09-01

Thanks, Roman - that's exactly what I wanted to hear.

do you have pictures of your front panels, out of curiosity?

-jonathan

On Aug 30, 2006, at 11:59 PM, Roman wrote:

I used Aluminium primer and then typical acrylic spray. Actually 2 of them to get nice colour effect. Works like a charm.
Because of very high unliquidness (is that a word?) the primer could not be sprayed, byt roll-painted, so the surface isn't so smooth as it would be with anodizing, but it could be silkscreened without any problems. It was then covered with transparent acrylic spray.

Roman

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Od: Jonathan Snipes <j.snipes@ucla.edu>
Do: ModularSynthPanels@yahoogroups.com
Data: 31 sierpnia 2006 7:29
Temat: [ModularSynthPanels] painted vs. anodized aluminum ...

> A question for those of you who screen your own panels ...
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> I have some 5052 grade 0.125" thick aluminum cut to size that I'm
> going to be using for panels. Should I get this anodized to the
> proper color, or is it suitable to paint before screening? what
> sorts of paint/ink should I use to paint/screen if this is acceptable?
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> just curious to see what the common consensus is ... clearly anodized
> is "nicer" but also more work & more expensive ... wondering if it's
> worth the effort.
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> -Jonathan
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