[TCML] I think I ruined my 6" secondary.

[David Rieben]

Hi Phil,

Can you tell us what the name of this stuff is? I have heard
of Berh's "pour-on" but have never been able to find a pro-
duct by that particular name in my local building supply stores.
(Plenty of Berh's paint products, but no Pour-On).
I have been using the Minwax Marine Spar Varnish on my
coils for the last several years now with good success but
of course it has to be applied via multiple thin coats to get
a reasonably thick coating.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski at gmail.com>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TCML] I think I ruined my 6" secondary.


> In my limited experience coiling I found an epoxy to be very nice for
> varnishing coils.  If you buy the two part stuff from Home Depot or Lowes
> you'll be more than satisfied.  It's labeled as being for bartops, 
> embedding
> photos in surfaces, etc.  You'll know it when you see it.  Make sure you 
> use
> a rubber spatula to apply the stuff, if you use a foam brush or otherwise 
> it
> will put bubbles into the finish.  The finish drys very hard, and is 
> crystal
> clear.
>
> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 6:09 AM, bunnykiller <bunnikillr at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> hey Kris...
>>
>> Instead of sanding my coil to develope raw spots, mine fell over against
>> the sharp edge of the tool box leaving a couple of inches exposed. I used
>> "Glyptol" to patch up the scratch and had no problems with the insulation
>> issues. I must admit tho, the Glyptol fix job wasnt a "pretty" repair. 
>> The
>> color differential looks out of place...
>>
>> Scot D
>>
>>
>>
>> Kris Grillo wrote:
>>
>>  I hand wound a 6" acrylic form with 22 gauge a few months ago. It wasn't
>>> the greatest winding job I had ever done. There were a few turns that 
>>> were a
>>> little loose, but over all, turned out pretty damn good for not building 
>>> a
>>> jig. I started coating it with poly and once I got about 10 coats on it 
>>> I
>>> noticed it was kind of getting a little rough from dust and whatnot, so 
>>> I
>>> grabbed a piece of 400 grit sand paper and gave it a light once over and
>>> began coating it again.
>>>
>>
>> snip
>>
>>
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