Need advice working with Metal-FX files...

I've just been given a large job and at the last minute the spec of the job was changed to the Metal-FX process, and the files provided to me have already been converted, meaning they are 4C+spot channel (silver). On most of the images I need to remove the silver spot layer from underneath the foreground subject.
Some of the simpler images will be easy to work with, but a couple of them require the compositing of 3 and 4 other images together for the final image. Is there any easy way to do this and bring this spot channel into layers for easy editing and blending? It doesn't seem easy from what I've tested. It seems that I will need to possibly work the 4C in layers with alpha channels and multiple silver channels which will need to be merged together using the alpha channels from the 4C layers.
Or am I missing something here?
Thanks for any info you can provide since I've worked only once or twice using spot colours about 5 years ago.
Chris

Seems like you are missing the point of Metal-FX, its designed so that the silver does not need to be knocked out by the cmyk.
All the files Layers will have 5 colours you don't need to think in terms of the silver needing to be a separate layer. If you need to knock out the silver make your selection then use the channels panel to edit just the silver channel.
Metal-FX works best if you avoid solids (100%) in the cmyk colours.

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