Re: Clear coat a semi mirror finish enclosure. Will the clear coat stick to it?
Posted by rocket88 on Mar 02, 2018; 10:40pm
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as long as the paint you use to do your design will work with the clear it will work. to get a mirror finish, and i mean try polished mirror finish you're going to have to sand all the way up to 3000-5000 grit, buff, and polish the enclosure. then wash the enclosure, use something like acetone to remove and residue. you can then paint your design, then wash it, then clear it.
not advertising my pedals, but here's an example of one of my cleared bare enclosures. granted the design is etched so there's some dots from where the acid got through the mask when etching, but the same principle applies. it's been sanded to 800 or 1000 grit before it was cleared. my enclosures are the same ones tayda sells, but i get them from their distributor.
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Clear-coat-a-semi-mirror-finish-enclosure-Will-the-clear-coat-stick-to-it-tp41887p41996.html
as long as the paint you use to do your design will work with the clear it will work. to get a mirror finish, and i mean try polished mirror finish you're going to have to sand all the way up to 3000-5000 grit, buff, and polish the enclosure. then wash the enclosure, use something like acetone to remove and residue. you can then paint your design, then wash it, then clear it.
not advertising my pedals, but here's an example of one of my cleared bare enclosures. granted the design is etched so there's some dots from where the acid got through the mask when etching, but the same principle applies. it's been sanded to 800 or 1000 grit before it was cleared. my enclosures are the same ones tayda sells, but i get them from their distributor.
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