FAZAMY wrote:

Tnx Eddie for the tip. I called and ordered from your source.

To all the guys who were paising Google:
1. A search for conductive spray paint yields maybe 100k entries.
2. Overwhelmingly, conductive spray paint is an industrial/commercial product
that has thousands of producers who sell and give info to industry types, not a
consumer like me. (I learned a lot about the nature of this international
industry.)
3. Those agents from these companies I reached on the landline were helpful,
but yielded nothing for me.
4. My last resort was this GREAT newsgroup who I knew would come thru for me.

Thanks to all.
73, de KB2AMY

If you had already searched with Google, or other search engines, it
should have been stated in the original message. Incomplete requests for
help just make it harder to help anyone.

There are other resources, like the EEM or Tomcat online databases of
products and manufacturers. Still it helps to know what someone has done
other than wring their hands and cry for help.

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

If you had already searched with Google, or other search engines, it
should have been stated in the original message. Incomplete requests for
help just make it harder to help anyone.

There are other resources, like the EEM or Tomcat online databases of
products and manufacturers. Still it helps to know what someone has done
other than wring their hands and cry for help.

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We now return you to our normally scheduled programming.


Tnx Michael for your suggestion. It was an oversight on my part about not
mentioning prior searches on Google.

Secondly, I was seeking out help on this newsgroup. It is a great source
because of the wealth of info and experience held by its subscribers. I was not
wringing my hands in despair as you imply. I use this newsgroup as a fountain
of hope. It is unwise to judge the emotional/psychological state of the
sender from cold text.

See ya!
KB2AMY

I've been trying to track down a source conductive spray paint. A rep from a
electronics co. said that such stuff has been banned for sale by the EPA. He
sounded convincing to me.

Is this kind of a product legally available in the US. I'd like to know?

http://www.miller-stephenson.com/

Click on "Products", then on "Conductive Coating". Their MS-487N is a
nickel-based conductive paint, intended for RFI/EMI shielding.
Will attack acrylic, polycarbonate, polystyrene plastics. It's
available as a liquid but not as an aerosol. You might be able to use
it in a commercial airless paint sprayer.

Less formal solutions to the problem, which I have seen suggested but
have not actually tested myself, include:

- Carbon-based black spraypaint intended for high-temperature
applications such as woodstoves, stovepipes, etc.

- Zinc-based "cold galvanizing" spraypaint.

I have no idea what sort of attenuation you'd get from either of
these, or what sort of surface preparation, priming, or overcoating
might be required on various materials.

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