To paint or not to paint ?
For those of you following my home brew build for 160, 80 and 60 mtrs - it's finished all but for the case painting to match the front panel.
Question is do I really want to powder coat the case black to match the front panel or should I just leave it bare aluminium showing a few scribe marks and scratches ?
Powder coating would cover up the blemishes, but would also make the ventilation holes less effective likely reducing the hole diameter from 3mm down to about 2.5mm
Plus powder coating would make it look like just one big black box.
I'm open to being convinced either way - currently I'm leaning toward leaving the case 'naked'.
Regards Tim
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Building and tinkering for over 50 years, from 807's to digital amateur TV.
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