On 10 Mar 2007 00:07:12 -0800, "
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Peter etal, Are the 'filled colored' letters epoxy??

Don't know - they may say something on their website


So if the 'fill' was not perfect, we'd have an exposed edge of
recently-milled aluminum with an epoxy fill on it, is this true??

Yes.

Anyone have an idea of how that would hold up in salt-spray??

If it was anodized AFTER milling it would probably be fine....

They start with pre-anodized panels, so the edges and holes are bright
milled finish.

On the other hand, 'raw' aluminum lettering milled into a darked
anodized aluminum plate would probably stand up pretty well, right??

Yes. They will do unfilled lettering if you want. (I once asked for
unfilled lettering on a clear anodized panel - they asked if that was
really what I wanted, since the lettering would be hard to read.)


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