Conductive paint for shielding...

[zorrow]

Can you please suggest to me a conductive paint for shielding? Also, where to buy? Thanks in advance!

[Hgb5000]

I think StewMac has it. I recently used their copper foil tape to shield a Daytona and it worked great.

[BubbaVO]

I bought some cheap stuff off of ebay to shield an Ibanez. But I ended up using copper foil. It worked much better. If you really want to use paint, use good stuff.

[zorrow]

(...)If you really want to use paint, use good stuff.

That's exactly my question: what's the good stuff, and where to get it.

[specialk]

This might be overkill, but...

In the broadcast industry, to shield equipment from RF (radio frequencies) sources such as an on-site transmitter, we sometimes used Aquadag, a thin liquid with graphite in it.

I know it's available in large drums, but here's a source for smaller quantities:

http://www.technologysupplies.co.uk/acatal...int_342144.html

I've never thought to try it in a guitar control cavity, so I don't know how it would work. Copper foil works good:

Good luck!

[BubbaVO]

I bought some cheap stuff off of ebay to shield an Ibanez. But I ended up using copper foil. It worked much better. If you really want to use paint, use good stuff.

Stew Mac.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_p...ding_Paint.html

[Jem]

I use the Stew Mac stuff and i've never had any problems, even with Kevin's latest which has LED's and a Sustainer !

[cmatthes]

I've heard that the StewMac stuff is good as well.

Hamer uses a pretty expensive shielding paint (from Belgium, right Conrad?), and that seem to work great from my experience. Never had a noise problem there.

[Devnor]

The copper foil tape is excellent...a few tips. Buy a few different thicknesses. Also wear gloves when you are working with the tape. It will cause the paper cut from HELL.

[veatch]

+1

But i *hate* working with gloves on (and hate is a very strong word for me...)

So i prefer these:

Linky --> Finger Gloves

I'd love to find some a bit thicker/grippier, though...

[murkat]

I highly suggest not using the paint type sheilding. You wont get what you want out of it. the copper foil is superior for insulation in guitar if this is your application. There is a heavy sticky copper sheilding foil a LOWES, a whole roll for stupid cheap. You find it in the flashing/ roofing material section. the copper foil is great for soldering to as well.

Many experiances with the paint on where customers never satisfied with, and end up trying to remove from the guitar cavity.

[BCR Greg]

IF you need shielding, use foil.

The paint works well if you build up a good thick layer, but the time needed to ensure complete coverage is better served using foil.

The Lowe's stuff is stupid cheap and works great. Solder a ground wire to it and you are golden.

[zorrow]

I hear you, guys. I'll use copper foil then. Thanks a lot!

[Hgb5000]

+1 on the foil. My Daytona is super quiet after my foil shielding.

+1 on the gloves. I couldn't play for three days after the project because I had sliced the tip of every finger with the copper foil.

The Stew Mac foil has conductive tape and was very easy to use (except for cutting my fingers). The conductivity (is that a word?) was perfect.