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Aluminum Composite Panels
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Hi, I want to know what is the polyester coated aluminum composite panels?
What it means Polyester coated?
Frank Architects - Laredo, Texas
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It probably means painted with polyester resin paint or powder coated with polyester resin powder.
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 Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey |
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Alejandro,
I tried to powder coat these once, but they came apart in the oven so they are probably wet painted.
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Sheldon Taylor supply chain electronics Wake Forest, North Carolina |
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If it's the same material as we use in the sign industry ACS
(aluminium composite sheet) the polyester probably refers to the core.
ACS is two sheet of Aluminium coil- normally between 0.40 &
0.70mm.
The coils are pre-finished- not sure how. Some ACS is solid coloured so I presume it's wet painted. On the other hand some ACS is metal or stone effect so this isn't paint.
If you need ACS in a definative colour there are various options;
1) Flood coat with self adhesive vinyl of the appropriate colour.
2) Wet spray
3) ACS manufacturers will provide you with virtually any RAL colour subject to a minimum quantity.
Hope this helps,
- Dorset, UK