Re: [TCML] Spray Paint an HV

[jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Thanks for the advice, 

I will look into the Krylon and the scotch 1603, it may be a while until i have some results but when i get them i will share the information. 

On the other hand if you say that you painted your secondary secondary coil with out any problems, I could probably just assume that it can withstand quite a bit and I can use it for this relatively low voltage (15kv) situation. 

Thanks, 
John "Jay" Howson IV 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Weinhold Shannon L" <Shannon.L.Weinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 3:20:46 PM 
Subject: RE: [TCML] Spray Paint an HV 


Yep, it works ok. I painted a few of my coils with fire engine red 
krylon and never had a problem. Looked better than the botched up epoxy 
job. ;) 
Note on spray painting acrylic...if you don't rough it up it will peel 
and cause all sorts of nightmarish painting situations....sandpaper the 
heck out of it, paint a light first coat, let it dry *completely*, and I 
mean let it sit the whole 24 hours at the right temp, then spray a more 
generous layer, and so on. 
I spray painted two custom made acrylic boxes and they looked 
beautiful...until they started bubbling and streaking. 
Oh, I remember...after my red paint had dried I sprayed it with clear 
coat, which made the whole thing bubble. Its no fun trying to convince 
half dry spray paint to come off of your pretty acrylic. I ended up 
having to spray probably 10 layers of paint to cover up the mess from 
the bubbling that I couldn't get off of the box with paint thinner. 
Maybe it was just an incompatible top coat, maybe it wasn't as dry as I 
thought it was...anyway, it would pay to do a test run on a scrap piece 
just to see how it reacts. Also, some chemicals will cause acrylic to 
cloud over..so be cautious of that. 
One more interesting note, silver polish will polish acrylic if you 
scratch is up. 
That's my two cents. 

Shannon Weinhold 

"Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. 
When they separate, man is no more." 
~Nikola Tesla 


-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Ward [mailto:steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 9:34 PM 
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List 
Subject: Re: [TCML] Spray Paint an HV 

I think i used krylon plastic type paint for my secondary coil, it seems 
to be fine, but i did test some with a HV source (once dried of course) 
for arcing/tracking. It was blue paint. Also checked the MSDS for any 
mention of carbon, etc. there was none. 

Steve 

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:24 PM, <jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

> Quick question for everyone, 
> 
> How susceptible is spray paint to HV problems. 
> 
> I want to spray the back of a piece of acrylic (because it looks 
> cool). But I am worried about the paint having issues with the HV 
> terminals that are mounted threw the surface. 
> 
> Any thoughts? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> John "Jay" Howson IV 
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