[R-390] Epoxy paint toughness

[David P. Goncalves]

Quoting Scott Seickel <polaraligned@earthlink.net>:

Wow, what a response! Thanks all.

The can was shaken as much as a can could be (5 minutes!).

I baked the meter for an hour, and let them sit for a week
while I worked on fitting new parts into the movement cases.

I used bathroom tissue (soft enough for my rear, soft enough for
my meters) to wrap them, then stuck them into a couple of cardboard
tube boxes.

There were two types of marks; the spider webbing you mentioned, and 
wear marks, as if produced by fine grit sandpaper.

Question: Is that paint available in a spray can? Any recommendations?


Dave Goncalves

> The epoxy should be as tough a paint as you can get.
> You probably did not let it cure long enough or the
> paint was not mixed well, or a bad can of paint.
> On a very high gloss finish you will get slight 
> spider web type scratches that you can only see
> if the angle of the light is right.  How bad are the
> marks?
> I painted my meter covers with automotive epoxy
> and the finish is tough as you can get.
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David P. Goncalves" <dpg@coe.neu.edu>
> To: <r-390@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 6:01 AM
> Subject: [R-390] Epoxy paint toughness
> 
> 
> > 
> > I've repainted my meter cases with black appliance paint from 
> > Krylon; did it really nice a with zinc chromate primer, and an
> > hour long bake in my toaster oven.
> > 
> > I packed these wrapped in tissue paper to carry to work; when I
> > unwrapped them, there were wear marks on the finish! How could this
> > be? The meters were packed into tube boxes, and the ride wasn't bumpy.
> > Isn't this paint supposed to be tough?
> > 
> > Anybody have experience with this paint?
> > 
> > 
> > Dave Goncalves.
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