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But I guess, as with all things new, sometimes you have to learn the hard way. My original idea (aka the cheapskate approach) was to use Posca pens directly on the aluminium then a clear coat. But some experiments show that Posca pens directly on metal can be a bit hit and miss unless the metal is super clean and shiny.
@Adam_MD Not heard of Envirotex before. Googled it - epoxy goo? Is this hard to work with?
Now I just grab powder coated enclosures drill it put a decal on and use Juan Solos excellent envirotex guide. you won’t get a spray at home clear coat to either look as good or be as hard wearing
Doing it this way means I can finish an enclosure in the house anytime of day regardless of what the weather is like.
http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/finishing.html
This will give you an idea of the level of gloss the first pic is after I applied the decal
This is after the envirotex has been poured you can see the reflections of my component drawers.
https://championleccy.com/
I'm hoping that this combination will work:
- Undercoat with Rustoleum Surface Primer - spray and leave for 24 hours (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rustoleum-AE0040027E8-400ml-Surface-Primer/dp/B001W03PT0)
- Main paint of Rustoleum Painters Touch Gloss - spray and leave for 24 hours (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rust-Oleum-400ml-Painters-Touch-Spray/dp/B001W03PFE?th=1)
- Add hand painted nonsense with Posca pens (water based acrylic paint pens)
- Finish with Rustoleum Crystal Clear Gloss (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rustoleum-AE0040001E8-400ml-Crystal-Clear/dp/B001W03PRM)
Not sure what will happen!So, candidates for pedal #1 and #2 have to be more or less at the same level of difficulty as the Timmy clone and also fit in 1590B Hammond enclosures (I bought 4). They also have to be spray painted Spa Blue (as do the next 100 pedals unless I use up this spray can sooner) ;-)
I thought about:
@Philtre
I can recommend the Amp 11 ...... I'm very pleased with mine ..... I know it's close to a Timmy but in fairness just about every overdrive pedal is basically an opamp with clipping diodes in the neg feedback loop. It's only the filtering that changes really changes from pedal to pedal.
Have a look at this guys channel for some very good electronics learning videos. Here's an opamp vid to get you started
I am serious about the deep blue delay though it’ll be a bit harder than your Timmy build but sounds great and not that much harder. I think the dbd was my third or fourth pedal on vero.
Vero layouts http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/mad-professor-deep-blue-delay.html
I guess it'll fit in a 1590B? Or maybe a bigger enclosure for more wriggle room?
...and I thought "screw that", so just ordered some pre-painted Hammond enclosures from CPC. I don't want to spend another 3 days on this smelly, messy spray painting stuff.
I mean 2 weeks for basic electronic components is way too long, I've had 2 batchs of 10K pots turn up from China since poor old Philtre ordered from Tayda !