SpokePOV and rain

SpokePOV kit for bikes

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Samh
 
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SpokePOV and rain

Post by Samh »

Can anyone think of a reasonbly good way to protect a Spoke POV from getting wet ??

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Post by adafruit »

use conformal coat spray

mamat
 
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Post by mamat »

there're sprays you can get at electronic shops. i've heard of the name of "conformal coating" on the forum.

here's what i bought (description in french, sorry...): http://www.selectronic.fr/article.asp?a ... .0999-7361

haven't tried it yet...

mamat

PS: don't forget to not spray (using tape?) on the parts that shouldn't be (i believe it's just the battery clips and programming head)

Samh
 
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Post by Samh »

My french is passable enough to undertand it, I'll keep an eye out for something similar.

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death
 
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Post by death »

Any specific spray suggestions? Sources in the US?

These looked interesting:
http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/419b.html
http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/422a.html

Mouser will sell me these, but only in quantities of 10, which seems a bit much...

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foobert
 
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Post by foobert »

http://www.web-tronics.com/419b-340g.html aerosol for twelve bucks and change.

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Post by death »

Great. Thanks. Have you used this coat before? Any tips?

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Post by heliumbaboon »

I used a couple coats of $5usd Krylon polyurethane spray for furniture & it seems to be the same stuff as conformal coat.

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Post by Haku »

I wonder if this stuff would work as well as the conform stuff:

http://metku.net/index.html?path=mods/s ... /index_eng

If you dunk the whole SpokePOV in the Plasti Dip a few times I would think it'd make it completely waterproof.

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