Re: Not quite OT, I hope, cast iron garden furniture question

"Martin" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Thu, 15 May 2008 05:42:39 -0700 (PDT), "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>>Thanks Derek (and Sacha and Mike) for some good suggestions and tips.
>>I'll have lovely spray plastikoted glossy black wee tables (probably
>>cast alu) by the end of the week end :-)
>
> Cast alu needs a different primer.
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>
> Martin
>

Isn't a paint covering already on there? Only need primer if going back to

bare metal. (Yellow Chromate from memory)

'IF' the table has been sand blasted back to bare metal, then the sand 
blaster will know to prime it PDQ before it oxidises in the air :-((

Mike