I have been asked to engrave some text and a logo etc on what would be a powder coated stainless steel control panel that will form part of a automated mailing machine.
- Scenario A is to use CerMark on on a bare piece of stainless steel - not tried this before so could be interesting :-)
- Scenario B (customer prefered scenario) is to engrave on a powder coated stainless steel for a better overall look and finish tor the machine.
So I guess my questions (after a search here) are:
- I understand that it is possible to engrave the powder coating although it may need a couple of passes to get a clean finish but if the panel is a dark grey would the engraved text (which I assume would be the stainless steel colour) stand out and look good?
- If the customer wants a better contrast/different colour, can it be paint filled and then sprayed over with some sort of varnish to give a hard waring finish?
- I was thinking of starting with the same settings as I use for anodised aluminium. Does that sound reasonable? The customer has only given me a small test piece so cant try too many different settings (I have asked for some more test pieces).
- As CerMark is not a product I currently stock or use use much, any suggestions of the best (cheapest) place to buy some in the UK? I only need a small amount to do some testing on a piece of SS so I dont really need a big spray can although I have read that it doesnt really have a shelf life so I could get away with using it now and again.
Thanks for any help offered.