Engravings ands anodised aluminium - off the beaten track

[whistule]

I am looking for something to fill an engraving in anodized aluminium. Up till now I have been engraving before anodizing and then filling the engraving with a small amount of cold enamel which works great for coloured engravings. But now I am looking for something with a metallic finish - almost like chrome. Solder wont stick and normal metallic vitreous enamels need to be baked at 1472 deg F - not the best for the aluminium or finish I suspect. I have not yet come across metallic cold enamel. The only other Idea I have is drop some fine powdered metal into a resin and apply that to the engraving but I am not sure how this would look. Any ideas?

[Fibergeek]

Go look at www.brownells.com. Brownells is a major supplier of gunsmithing supplies and tools world wide. They have gold and silver leaf "fillings" that might do the job for you. Filling engravings; to improve the contrast, is commonly done on presentation grade firearms. It might work in your application.

edit: I tested the link to brownells, it doesn't work, type it in manually.

[whistule]

Thanks Fiber,

I took a look at that and have found a supplier of similar over here. Waiting for a sample to see how well it works.