[Coco] Possible remedy for old yellow

Neil Morrison neilsmorr at hotpop.com
Sun May 2 13:16:02 EDT 2004


Painting plastics is a well established process and there are companies who
specialize in this. All 'grey' Model I through III computers were paint over
plastic.

We made several Electrolux parts in our factory which were painted
elsewhere.

Neil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jdaggett at gate.net>


> MIke
>
> There are some industrial paints that are available, that do work
> well but require heat tempering to become somewhat durable. I
> believe the paint is cured in a oven. The problem is to high a
> temperature and the plastic deforms and to low the curing time is to
> long and the cumalitive heat treatment will also deform plastics.
>
> I remember that some of the mechanical engineers at work about 6
> yrs ago were experimenting with the painting of polycarbonate
> palstics pieces. They met with some success.
>
> james




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