Re: Wadar chassis nightmare! Suggestions?
The process we used to use:
Flat aluminium front panels had holes punched and were then linished, ending with a very fine orbital sand. Then washed, etched and alochromed to get an inert surface @-pack paint was sprayed by hand in a water-curtain booth. The paint was cured in an oven then multiple silk screen processes printed legends in the wanted colours. with hot curing between stages. The inks used were designed to bond with the eggshell paint.
Not cheap and not easy to replicate, but that's how we got superb quality.
My home-made amplifier has a panel made from anodised aluminium extrusion, engraved and the letters filled with black cellulose paint. It looks perfect. The extrusion was scrap from the erection of some partitioning, the engraving was a homer. The knurled aluminium knobs were surplus from the sell-off at the end of KW Electronics.
David
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Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done
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