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I know Stewmac sells conductive paint, but I found a company locally (Cape Town) that sells conductive paint. Now, this is epoxy paint, so you'll need to prepare the wood properly before it can be used on wood (as its better suited to floor surfaces like concrete), but it can be done using a latex primer.

I was wodering if this would perhaps be a decent alternative for shielding guitar pickup cavities? They are some technical specs for the paint - at this link: http://www.christensen.co.za/products.php?session=scat&cat=13&sub_cat=160. The only downside is that its sold in a large quatity.

Let me know what you guys think?
    Dow-corning (iirc) makes a copper-based spraypaint that is specifically made to emi-shield electronics enclosures. You should be able to pick it up at any good electronics supplier. Not sure how thick you'd need to spray it on wood though.
      Great, thanks for that - I'll check it out.
      Tonedef wrote: Dow-corning (iirc) makes a copper-based spraypaint that is specifically made to emi-shield electronics enclosures. You should be able to pick it up at any good electronics supplier. Not sure how thick you'd need to spray it on wood though.
        Tonedef, I'm trying to find info on that on the web, there doesnt seem to be much?
          Try searching for upol weld #2 copper. Thats used for mig/tig welding but is the same sort of thing.
            Ok, thats an decent option. The paint from Stewmac is slightly cheaper - without shipping - so its viable.
            Tonedef wrote: za.rs-online.com/web/0568483.html

            not cheap, 300 van riebeecks a can, excl vat.
              Sidecar wrote: Ok, thats an decent option. The paint from Stewmac is slightly cheaper - without shipping - so its viable.
              Tonedef wrote: za.rs-online.com/web/0568483.html

              not cheap, 300 van riebeecks a can, excl vat.
              There's an acrylic version which is slightly cheaper and which will probably suit the application better. Look at the blue "customers also looked at xxxxx" links on the right.
                Great - thanks for the assistance!
                  No probs! Hope you get something that works for you! I'd hate to have led you down a minus R300 path.... ?
                    Yeah, well the trick is to find something that will adhere to wood - or finding the correct primer for these to work!
                      Spraying it directly onto the wood should work fine, otherwise you can always give it a thin coat of wood pre-sealant beforehand.
                        Ok, I suppose I can always test it on scrap beforehand...
                          We want a FULL test report including pics! ?
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                            Cool Slyd, I'll check it out to see if I can find some of that tape.

                            Tondef, the only aerosols I could find that contains metal are zinc based (Zinc should be fine) but it’s to cover rust, and the can itself doesn't tell you what base the paint is made from. So I'm not sure if it would adhere to the wood, or how to prepare the wood. I can't find any suitable welding copper paint (unless this is the same stuff)

                            BTW…The Christensen stuff I mentioned earlier only gets sold in large quantities and is extremely expensive. So that’s a no-go.
                              I'd give the inner wooden surfaces a thin coat of polyurethane varnish - that will give you all the surface prep you need to get proper adhesion for the metal spray.

                              Another thing, just because a paint contains metal, doesn't mean it's conductive....
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