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(OT) What kind of paint is used for these profi products

 

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I was always interested in what kind or type of paint the professional products are using - no chipping, slick, solid and just great. Very long lasting! What is the type of this paint, how is it transferred to the metal housing (is it spray or dipping or plain brush?)
Any insight will be more than welcome! :)
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As an example, this is what I'm talking about (please disregard the Narda part numbers):
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I used to work in a place that built microwave stuff. We used 2 component epoxy paint (like Narda), very tough and resilent. Our product was smaller (10's of stuff in a batch) so we just hung it up (a piece of old hardline with a Male SMA as a suspenson) so we just hung it up and sprayed away. Worked great. We coded our components for the ECM band, blue, green, yellow were the most popular.
Jeff Kruth

In a message dated 5/7/2025 5:56:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, leon.pavlovic@... writes:
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Group,
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I was always interested in what kind or type of paint the professional products are using - no chipping, slick, solid and just great. Very long lasting! What is the type of this paint, how is it transferred to the metal housing (is it spray or dipping or plain brush?)
Any insight will be more than welcome! :)
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As an example, this is what I'm talking about (please disregard the Narda part numbers):
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Yeah, I¡¯ve always been impressed by Narda¡¯s super thick and even paint on their components! ?It would be great to know what it is and where to get it.

Jim Ford?
Laguna Hills, California, USA


On May 7, 2025, at 4:41?AM, Jeff Kruth via groups.io <kmec@...> wrote:

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I used to work in a place that built microwave stuff. We used 2 component epoxy paint (like Narda), very tough and resilent. Our product was smaller (10's of stuff in a batch) so we just hung it up (a piece of old hardline with a Male SMA as a suspenson) so we just hung it up and sprayed away. Worked great. We coded our components for the ECM band, blue, green, yellow were the most popular.
Jeff Kruth

In a message dated 5/7/2025 5:56:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, leon.pavlovic@... writes:
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Group,
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I was always interested in what kind or type of paint the professional products are using - no chipping, slick, solid and just great. Very long lasting! What is the type of this paint, how is it transferred to the metal housing (is it spray or dipping or plain brush?)
Any insight will be more than welcome! :)
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As an example, this is what I'm talking about (please disregard the Narda part numbers):
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On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 02:56 AM, LeonP wrote:
what kind or type of paint the professional products are using
Since about 1950 "epoxy enamels"
Epoxy-based lacquers or epoxy coatings that are sprayed. (can be brushed ... can be dipped ... if the finish is less demanding. )
The terms "epoxy enamel" and "epoxy lacquer" are often used interchangeably to refer to epoxy-based coatings that provide a hard, durable finish.
The industrial coatings are quite good; but, hard for consumers to get.
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Also, it could be 'powder coating' which became popular, in manufacturing, from about the 1970s
Looks similar... but, AFAIK, it's more chip resistant, and give a better, more uniform finish.
You can get small batches powder coated.
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Seconding the powder coating option.? I like to powder coat all my stuff, assuming there is no non-removable plastic bits.? Assuming you have access to the appropriate tools, it's actually quite cheap to do yourself.
 

You can buy retail two-part epoxy paints, but maybe not in a wide choice of colors or container sizes. Ones I know of for sure are gray commonly used for garage floors (maybe only in gallon and up sizes) and white in nice small sizes, used for refinishing bathtubs and such.
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Another great coating is (single-part) polyurethane - very tough and nice finish - same as used on hardwood floors but with solid colors available. Use only solvent-based kinds for this.
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Ed
 

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 01:03 PM, ed breya wrote:
You can buy retail two-part epoxy paints
AFAIK, they are not the same as the industrial stuff.
The manufactures don't sell the good stuff for domestic users.
Many industrial coatings have toxic, carcinogenic, and highly flammable, solvents.
Imagine the mayhem.

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