Lighting Paint

[itruby]

Hi All,
Hopefully someone will have had some experience in this area so here goes:confused:

I have a set of four Mad Power Flowers(152 Watt HTI flower effect), 2 of which have started peeling paint quite drastically. I presume as they have had about the same usage as the other pair, maybe an issue with manufacturing...

I will remove the rest of the existing paint and tidy up(or get an engineer friend to do it for me :-) )

So the crux of the matter, what paint do I use to repaint it if I do not want the same to happen again?

Any help greatly appreciated!:D

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Strip the guts out and send them to a sand blaster and powdercoater. Defo the best finish you can get IMO

[OllieJames]

Strip the guts out and send them to a sand blaster and powdercoater. Defo the best finish you can get IMO

Would you not be better getting it 'shotblasted' to avoid the risk of sand ending up in the guts when it's reassembled?

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Would you not be better getting it 'shotblasted' to avoid the risk of sand ending up in the guts when it's reassembled?

Sand/shot....makes little difference. They won't paint it with sand left floating around ;)

[Kernow]

Hi All,
Hopefully someone will have had some experience in this area so here goes:confused:

I have a set of four Mad Power Flowers(152 Watt HTI flower effect), 2 of which have started peeling paint quite drastically. I presume as they have had about the same usage as the other pair, maybe an issue with manufacturing...

I will remove the rest of the existing paint and tidy up(or get an engineer friend to do it for me :-) )

So the crux of the matter, what paint do I use to repaint it if I do not want the same to happen again?

Any help greatly appreciated!:D


Strip the guts out and send them to a sand blaster and powdercoater. Defo the best finish you can get IMO

Be aware though that not all powder-coat finishes are heatproof which is a definite requirement, whatever you decide upon. :)

[Dynamic Entertainment]

Be aware though that not all powder-coat finishes are heatproof which is a definite requirement, whatever you decide upon. :)

Good point...ive only ever worked with the heat proof stuff :o

[Excalibur]

Be aware though that not all powder-coat finishes are heatproof which is a definite requirement, whatever you decide upon. :)

Agreed. It might be worth trying a small unobtrusive test patch with heat resistant enamel. B&Q should have some.

[Daryll]

I would go down the powder coated route as well.
I had the ultimax trusslite (2m) , both uprights , and 4 x Ryger tiny scan scanner body's done for £75 :D , looks great and hard wearing , but make sure it is the heat resistance type .

Cheers

Daryll