DIY Conductive Paint for Cavity Shielding - TalkBass.com
WEBFeb 2, 2007 · The control cavity and pickup routs after three coats of conductive paint. After drying for one hour the resistance was measured across the length of the cavity. A resistance of less the 100 ohms was measured between any two points in the control cavity. The resistance should continue to drop over the next 24 hours as the solvent evaporates.
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WEBJun 23, 2014 · Water based, flat black and easy to brush on. Use pipe cleaners to paint the wire cavities. The StewMac stuff works with a minimum 3 coats. Be sure to check conductivity along the way with a multimeter and extend small tabs over the lip of the cavity to connect to the control plate or cavity cover.
Necessary to ground pots if they are already touching shielding?
WEBJun 14, 2003 · They both have shielding paint in the control cavity. I just grabbed my mulit-meter, set it to continuity, placed one probe on the shielding paint, then touched the other probe individually to the backs of the pot casings. And I get continuity with every pot casing. In other words, it appears the pots are already grounded via their mounting ...
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WEBFeb 26, 2000 · 3) Solder one end to the tape strip and run the other into the control cavity. 4) Once it's in the control cavity, you can trim it to length and solder it to your ground point of choosing (typically on a pot case). In my case, the bass had a copper plate in the bottom of the cavity, so I used that. But pot casing works well, too.
DIY Conductive Shielding Paint recipe - TalkBass.com
WEBMay 18, 2015 · First put some shellac flakes in a jar and add about double the thinner as flakes. It's not enough thinner to dissolve all the flakes, so it makes a totally saturated shellac mixture. Give it an hour or two and a couple stirs, then poured off about 2 tablespoons into another jar.
Shielding pickup cavities opinions? - TalkBass.com
WEBJun 6, 2004 · Jan 4, 2015. #2. I have used both here and there. The paint is way faster even with 3 coats. I shield the pickup cavities and control cavity. With the paint, you can dip a pipe cleaner in it and go all OCD on the drilled holes between the cavities and going to bridge ground. The copper foil works great but takes a while to apply cleanly.
Copper shielding tape over shield paint - TalkBass.com
WEBJun 19, 2012 · Aug 21, 2018. #7. If you are using copper shielding tape that has conductive adhesive, then it should connect electrically to the shielding paint on the wall of the cavity. Should. But, that electrical bond depends on the mechanical bond of the adhesive, and how clean the shielding paint is. If the cavity wall is rough, the tape may not stick ...
Best way to shield a bass for a noob - TalkBass.com
WEBNov 19, 2000 · Be sure to paint the cavity cover, too. Make sure the shielding paint on the cover makes contact with the paint in the cavity. This would go for the pickguard as well, if applicable. If ya go the foil route, but sure to join the tape sections with a well placed drop of solder. Same treatment for covers and pickguard.
DIY Conductive Paint for Cavity Shielding - TalkBass.com
WEBOct 11, 2009 · this stuff is far and away the easiest and fastest method for shielding! it's like 5 or 10 minutes of masking off the cavities for spraying, then 15 seconds of spraying to get a solid, even coat that covers every nook and cranny, dries to the touch in 5 minutes, and will read like 20 ohms from one end of a cavity to the other (which is more ...
Inner isolating paint/spray for the electronics cavity?
WEBAug 2, 2006 · 43. Mataró, Catalunya. www.albertforns.com. Sep 14, 2024. #1. Hi, I have recently updated my bass electronics and I have been obligated to carve on the wood of the hole to make wider housing for it, The original housing have already a kind of isolating painting or spray, grey color, that conducts electricity and serves as interference shielding.