folding sprayed di-bond

[Steve Morgan]

Andrew,

There doesn’t seem to have been a rush to answer your question does there? Providing the paint is keyed onto the surface there’s no reason why it wouldn’t work. I suppose the best course of action would be to do a test.

Steve

[Steve McAdie]

Hi Andrew,
I don’t think you will have any joy with ordinary spray paints as they will flake and chip off, you need to add a flexible additive which one depends on which brand of paint you use. This is what they spray the moulded bumpers with so when they get nudged/bumped the paint doesn’t crack/flake.

Steve

[Steven Platt]

I would avoid trying to colour di-bond unless it is by flood coating.
We’ve tried to get the stuff powder coated or painted but not with any acceptable succes.

I take it you’re going this way because it’s a really big sign?

Ste.

[Robert Lambie]

andrew, im probbaly missing the obvious, but can you not fold assemble etc etc then mask off and spray?

as has been said, give the dibond a good rub down with flattening paper, prime and coat in 2-pak and i dont see why not. i would imagine, although factory coated, your not going to get a much better finish.

rod gray (uksg member) at archibald grays of glenboig will be able to tell you better. sign makers and coachbuilder… good sized company at that.

[David Rowland]

never paint dibond b4 mate….

[Kevin Flowers]

I think page 16 of the link should help, i am sure the pdf as been listed before

http://www.alcancompositesesp.com/download.php … 6bb434&t=d

Kev

[Peter Normington]

Why the need to fold on site?

Peter

[Robert Lambie]

quote Peter Normington:

Why the need to fold on site?

Peter

thank you mr n…. i missed the "on-site" part. 😕

[Kevin Flowers]

i may have read wrong but i think its to cover the posts that are on site

Kev

[Peter Normington]

what i meant was, if you are going to fold the didond anyway, cannot it be pre folded? then sprayed, Andrew must have a reason to fold on site, and I was just asking why, then a more constructive solution may be submitted.

Peter

[Andrew Boyle]

Thanks for all your help.

I am planning on forming a monolith type sign using square section posts already on site.
The sign will be folded top, left and right and I was going to just fold on site as the structure is already there.
I can pre fold though.
I would prefer to make it out of 11swg aluminium [rigidity and size] and spray through it if it was possible to get a brushed steel effect 😕 Trying to get a nice flat intricate sign that is mainly black with the brushed showing through.
I’m blahing again

Cheers

😀

[Kevin Flowers]

Andrew
do you have any local metal polishers, i’ve had ali sheet polished then masked then brush polished. It was only a trial but effect was good. Its normally relatively inexpensive to have done, then just mask spray etch then a few light coats of satin black, 2 pack is the hardest

Kev

[Andrew Boyle]

That’s the way I would prefer to go…….Will look into doing it that way…. it’s 1500mm x 2800mm ‘ish.

Cheers