[rescue] Re: Computing Furniture Applications

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There are epoxy based paints that are incredibly tough performers and can be
bought in a can and used with a brush, but I don't know what you would use
as a solvent to clean your brush with. For acrylics, I don't know about
handling, since that brings up issues like the acids in palmsweat. Also,
DuPont Imron is (I think) an acrylic with much better than normal wear
characteristics. Locomotives are painted with Imron (on most rail lines
anyways), and they suffer tremendous abuse of their finishes (acids from
deisel exhaust, once-a-year washing, etc.). Lacquer auto finishes would
stand up very well, but some skill is required to get a good looking finish,
and I don't think matte (flat) finishes are avaible in lacquer. Also, some
plastics will either craze or melt when painted with lacquer.

James Fogg, Network Engineer
Vicinity Corporation - New Hampshire
(603) 442-1751

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Mike Hebel [mailto:nimitz at owc.net]
~ Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:42 AM
~ To: Fogg, James
~ Subject: Re[2]: [rescue] Re: Computing Furniture Applications
~ 
~ 
~ FJ> You might try an autoparts store that does paint sales 
~ (this won't be
~ FJ> "Western Auto" or "Pep Boys" or any other big chain). 
~ They can match
~ FJ> anything. I recommend an acrylic base forumula. Buy a 
~ cheap air brush at a
~ FJ> hobby or art store (Badger brand are cool) and a can of 
~ "air" for air brush
~ FJ> (so you won't have to buy a compressor). The finish is 
~ good enough to paint
~ FJ> anything Sun periwinkle blue (though you might not want 
~ to use lacquer based
~ FJ> paint as it might attack some plastics). Its great for 
~ non-sun monitors,
~ FJ> drives, filler plates and CD-ROMs. When the black 
~ computer craze caught on,
~ FJ> I did a few PC's in black.
~ 
~ Yeah but how does that stand up to repeated handling on things like
~ say a PowerBook?  Something that will always have someone's hands on
~ it.  I know the automotive clearcoat doesn't work in that situation -
~ that's what's wrong with my current PowerBook I painted.
~ 
~ Mike                         mailto:nimitz at owc.net
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