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Wood Grain painting on Powder Coated Aluminum

I am in the field of Architectural Aluminum fabrication.
I would like to have information on how Wood grains of a unique/ artistic design can be painted on to powder coated Aluminum. The Aluminum is to be used for external and interior works.
Kindly update me on -The right paint, the preparation, the procedure, the durability of the process.

There is a wood grain powder process, but it has a patent on it and they won't say how it's done in detail. It's a company in the UK. I can't remember their name, just type some key words into your search engine and you should come across it.

Dear Sheldon,

The name you are seeking in the UK is Artpow.

Thanks for the info,Terry. I know that I had seen the woodgrain powder effect on a couple of websites, there also is a company called Naturall that does it.
Mr. Abraham, I was surfing the net and found a site called India Powder Coating and they have a forum in process about woodgraining with powder, just thought you might be interested.

checkout this website utcpk.com. This company is in Pakistan providing woodgrain Aluminum profiles.

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