The Pedal Finishing Thread - Painting, Coating, Drilling, Envirotex, etc

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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Haha, yes, yes and er... no... =)

    The last one is going to be a Keeley Katana boost.  The enclosure I had reminded me of the NOS bottles that street racers put in their cars for a boost.  At the top will be a knob and a switch (it's a push/pull knob on a katana)  I wanted to try and find one of those switches with safety covers for the switch (purely for visual effect) but I couldn't find one an appropriate size. 
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Nice one. Seems like the design of the artwork and concepts is way more fun than soldering the components!
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Oh goodness no! I love doing the circuits.  I don't find doing the enclosures anywhere near as enjoyable, but at the same time I want them to look nice. If I could pay for pre screen printed enclosures which didn't cost something ridiculous, I would! 
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    But you'd miss the smell of Envirotex!
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Very true! :) 
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    I don't believe it! :( Just dropped a Tupperware container onto one of the Klones.  :/
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    SteveF said:
    I don't believe it! :( Just dropped a Tupperware container onto one of the Klones.  :/
    Been there, done that. Still malleable?
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Not really - at the sticky stage.  The tub promptly stuck to the ET and came away like stringy sticky horridness.  It was down one edge, so I've managed to tidy it up with some meths a bit but it's not great. 
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Annoyingly it was on the black one, which WAS the one that looked best. 
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    @SteveF - how is the ET on that pedal? DId you rescue it?
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    It's not too bad.  It was soft enough still that some meths managed to tidy up the worst of it.  It just has a slightly bobbly edge now.  




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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Good. Anyway, bobbly edges are "in" this year!
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    I don't know how long it's best for the Envirotex to fully cure. My recent pour was done 3 days ago and I still managed to embed a thumb-print on it just now. :o
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  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    I dig a fingernail into where the drill holes are after a few days.  still making a faint mark today, 3 days after pour.  Should be good to go tomorrow I reckon. 
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Good tip. Wonder what the optimum wait time is? @Adam_MD ?
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  • Adam_MDAdam_MD Frets: 3420
    I leave mine 4 days minimum but usually they get a week to sit before I start drilling out the holes for the pots and switches.  
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Still don't know how a thumbprint got embedded in mine. Tried rubbing it out, but no luck.
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  • Adam_MDAdam_MD Frets: 3420
    Philtre said:
    Still don't know how a thumbprint got embedded in mine. Tried rubbing it out, but no luck.
    That’s why I wait at least 4 days now.  Exactly the same thing happened to one of mine when Mrs_MD said ‘oh pretty’ and poked it with her finger about 3 days in.  It didn’t dent the finish but if you held it to the light you could see the fingerprint and I was never able to rub it off.  
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    CPC do some tiny Multicomp toggle switches. I doubt you'll find any smaller than these.

    SPST on-on         SW02454
    SPDT on-off-on   SW02458
    DPST on-on        SW02449
    DPDT on-off-on   SW02452
    DPDT on-on-on   SW04070
    I got some of these. A bit more expensive but they are smaller than Bitsbox's or Tayda's. Thanks for the heads up!
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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    New Pedal Build Day!

    I have a yellow enclosure, and I wanted to build another Zvex Mastotron clone so here is...The Yellow Shark...

    ys1

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