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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Daniel L Serafin, Wexford, PA (US);
Paula A Hinds, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Paul B Schultz, Export, PA (US);
Albert L Askin, Lower Burrell, PA (US);
Robert E Bombalski, Brackenridge, PA (US);
Aluminum Company of American, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for making an aluminum alloy lighting sheet product having a reflective surface protected by a UV-stable polymer coating. An aluminum alloy sheet is chemically brightened in an aqueous acidic solution, conversion coated, and then coated with a UV-stable polymer. Alternatively, an aluminum alloy sheet is chemically etched in an aqueous alkaline solution, conversion coated, and then coated with a UV-stable polymer. The UV-stable polymer may be clear or it may contain about 0.5-10 wt. % amorphous silica particles and polytetrafluoroethylene particles. In another embodiment, an aluminum alloy sheet surface is cleaned, chemically conversion coated and then coated with a coating composition containing a UV-stable polymer and 0.5-10 wt. % silica particles and polytetrafluoroethylene particles, both having an average size of about 0.5-5 microns.