Conductive paint?

[supermanotorious]

I've had a couple projects where I left bare metal for conductivity but I know they will rust over time. Has anyone had success using (which) conductive paints? 12V? 110?

 

[Bwdeaton]

I've never tried myself but my grandfather used conductive paint to run little lights and things on his HO scale model railroad. It seemed to work fine for the rather low voltage(5v?) that it operated at.

 

[itsid]

only ever made my own once...
not even anything usefull for you just a bottle of graphite powder mixed with woodglue
it being conductive was more a side effect for me really...
but knowing that.. it was fun to play around (making paper circuits and stuff) but I wouldn't say that'd be an option to make anything usefull really... maybe my mx wasn't good enough IDK.

But I might be wrong... since you only need to leave the "terminal" part of a metal part unpainted... you might paint that terminal with a mix of graphite and woodglue
(the more graphite the better.. you can add water to thin it down if it get's too pasty)
I think it might be good enough to keep the terminal from rusting too quickly.. if it's conductive enough for whatever you need to do though IDK.... that needs to be tested.

oh and it comes in the best of all colors... dull grey...
I'm not sure you'd be able to tint it in...say... bright red [maybe with copper powder... *shrugs*]

Anyways.. graphite powder
(mine was a dry lube in a bottle .. not a spray can... but it's available at art supplies as well... amazon.com has it)...
and woodglue.. common things to have around, not?
so maybe you can just give it a try without actually having to buy anything

'sid

 

[supermanotorious]

Paper strip is what I need to make from something and paint, maybe I'll use sheet metal, paint all but screw contact area, and I apologize for the upcoming double pic post, this will also go in my toy hauler thread

 

[itsid]

if you bend that part from a metal strip... why not nickel plate it ?
http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/

my best guess is.. the parts on there are already nickel plated as well... soooo

'sid

 

[supermanotorious]

interesting, seems like a bit of work and some additional expense, would make for a fun experiment though

 

[pRoFiT]

Just a thought, i've not done this but in my head i feel it could work.

First stainless steel bolts! Then my idea. connect wire bolt on tight and then...wait for it..... Paint over the bolt?

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Paper strip is what I need to make from something and paint, maybe I'll use sheet metal, paint all but screw contact area, and I apologize for the upcoming double pic post, this will also go in my toy hauler thread

oh i guess i don't read well Yah same concept. paint over it once connections are made

 

[supermanotorious]

well hopefully moisture isn't getting around this electrical circus of a device anyway

 

[supermanotorious]

went copper, should last as long we need it to

took a pipe, cut "rings" off it, split the rings, hammered them flat, drilled holes, and cut to length

 

[chancer]

Nice.
In the future try to get Refrigeration Copper over Water Pipe Copper.
The refer Copper is ""cleaner" and Greens slower.