[sdiy] Home silkscreen painting ?

[Cooper Sloan]

> Anyone know
>
> 1, what kind of inks do you order?

One generally wants to look at a 'Gloss Enamel' ink, short of doing a 2
part epoxy process. As mentioned, Nazdar 59000 is one of the only games in
town. A salesman explained to me that it is sort of a dying niche with all
the other modern printing processes available. IIRC Inktech makes a similar
one too. (GLE)

Cooper

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 3:49 PM, john slee <indigoid at oldcorollas.org> wrote:

> On 31 August 2015 at 03:30, Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:
> > On the subject of powder coating.  Thrift store toaster oven $20.  Self
> > contained powder coating gun ( Craftsman brand ) ebay $30. ( Summitracing
> > has it for $50, WAI Powdercoat gun ).  Black matte powder $15.  The WAI
> gun
> > only holds a small amount of powder, but way more then enough for doing a
> > bunch of modules.  Once you work the kinks out, so much nicer and more
> > predictable then painting.
>
> Yeah DIY powdercoating is very easy to get into. I had a chance to try it
> when a
> friend setup a powdercoating rig in his garage when modifying a Land
> Rover. Even
> as a total noob I was able to get pretty good results. As with much
> metalwork, the
> prep work makes a big difference.
>
> I would expect powdercoated panels to be far more scratch resistant
> than painted.
>
> My friend's setup was somewhat larger — he already had a large electric air
> compressor, so just added the powdercoating gun and found a cheap 90cm wide
> domestic kitchen oven in local classifieds.
>
> John
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