Epoxy Enamel Paint. Anyone use it?

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Just wondering if anyone has finished a box using any of the epoxy enamel spray paints available? If so what is your opinion, is it any better/ more durable?


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I've wanted to try that stuff, but I want a color other than white or black, so I haven't gotten around to messing with it. It seems like it would be great, but I guess you never really know until you try it.
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I think I'll give it a try this weekend. I wonder if anyone is using it as a "protective coating" on their PCB? :lol:

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KHELSTROM wrote:I wonder if anyone is using it as a "protective coating" on their PCB? :lol:
To protect the pcb against what :hmmm: ? Circuit tracers?
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modman wrote:
KHELSTROM wrote:I wonder if anyone is using it as a "protective coating" on their PCB? :lol:
To protect the pcb against what :hmmm: ? Circuit tracers?
Yes but only in vain. I guess it would be like a "security blanket" for them.

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I think the only effective "security blanket" would be a Titanium shell in the center of a block of Lead that's plated in Gold.
I wouldn't waste my time trying to get into THAT! :lol:


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