Control panel finish...

Have any of you refinished a control panel (say, an Asteroids control panel)
in something other than just paint?

In particular, the original Asteroids CP finish looks like some kind of
powder-coat to me (although maybe not as durable). It definately has some
"texture" to it that's not replicated with any aerosol paint I've run
across...

Anyway, my boss just got a bunch of cut sheet-metal powder-coated for the
control panels in his airplane. They came out looking REALLY nice, but I
think it was on the order of $200 for them ($50 or $100 for setup and $100
for the actual work).

So, I'm curious now if anyone here has any experience with powder-coating
stuff you might be abe to share? (Or any other "alternative" durability
coatings like chemical phosphating, parkerizing, ceramic powders, epoxy
resins, etc.)

I'm thinking I might buy a media blaster and clean up my rusty Asteroids CP
really well, then have "Portland Powdercoat" do it in a semi-gloss black and
put one of Tom's repro overlays on it... Sure, it'll probably end up being
a $400 control panel by the time I'm done, but I'm curious to see how it
would look. ;-)

There's also some "home" powder-coating systems that look fun to play with,
but I don't have a spare oven to do the curing. :-/

Thanks,
-Clay

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Received on Fri May 5 13:18:51 2000