Re: Conductive paint?

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Original poster: "Steve Cook by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk>

I have tried various conductive paints over the years, none of them worked
well for more than a few seconds. Heavily laiden silver/epoxy paint is
probably the best of a bad lot, but it is prohibitively expensive, £/sqin.
The best coating I have found was "Aquadag", which is a colloidal suspension
of graphite, but it doesn't look so good (dark grey) as polished aluminium.
The only problem is the surface needs to be thoroughly degreased before
coating.
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Subject: Re: Conductive paint?


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> In a message dated 3/31/01 6:46:09 PM Central Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> Troy,
>
> Many years ago it was easy to find radiator paint such as bronzing or
> aluminum paint
> which, as I recall, was a suspension of the metal in banana oil. The
entire
> surface of the radiator was conductive and we could use the screw on the
> valve stem for a good
> electrical ground. I have tried to find bronzing with no success. Also,
> McMaster-Carr
> sells what they claim to be an electrically conductive paint for the price
of
> a second
> mortgage. Can you please comment on these conductive paints, especially
the
> radiator
> bronzing.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralph Zekelman
>
> << I have experienced all three of these effects. I immagine there is
probably
>  some better conductive paint out there, but considering the experience of
>  others on the list I
>  would not know what it is. I havn't had anything explode violently, but I
>  have had a plastic donut thing that I painted with aluminum paint burst
>  into flames, it was quite
>  spectacular.
>
>  Regards
>  -Troy Peterson
>   >>
>
>
>
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