ZEP is a water based acrylic coating. People use it on floors. Home Depot sell this as a gallon container for $20.
I have been using it for other reasons. I have coated wood. It gives the wood a waterproof clear finish. Water beads up, does not dissolve the Zep coating.
It dries fast within 15 minutes. It gives the surface a semi gloss look. On wood I use anywhere from 2 to 4 coats with a full dry in between coats. New coats slightly dissolve into earlier coats. Ammonia is a solvent after it is dry.
I have coated plastic and metal and am impressed with how it sticks.
I refinished my stained wood desk and it is holding up well.
Other people have used it outside on painted surfaces or to keep metal from rusting.
I put a piece of Zep coated wood in the oven at 170*F and the finish remained as it was, did not get sticky or come off.
So for all the durability reasons, I was thinking what about coating circuit boards with Zep?
Paint it on using a chip brush?
Do people coat both sides of a board or just the solder side?
When you read or hear of people using acrylic coatings on circuit boards, what are they using?
For example here is Zep floor polish on a wood board.
I have been using it for other reasons. I have coated wood. It gives the wood a waterproof clear finish. Water beads up, does not dissolve the Zep coating.
It dries fast within 15 minutes. It gives the surface a semi gloss look. On wood I use anywhere from 2 to 4 coats with a full dry in between coats. New coats slightly dissolve into earlier coats. Ammonia is a solvent after it is dry.
I have coated plastic and metal and am impressed with how it sticks.
I refinished my stained wood desk and it is holding up well.
Other people have used it outside on painted surfaces or to keep metal from rusting.
I put a piece of Zep coated wood in the oven at 170*F and the finish remained as it was, did not get sticky or come off.
So for all the durability reasons, I was thinking what about coating circuit boards with Zep?
Paint it on using a chip brush?
Do people coat both sides of a board or just the solder side?
When you read or hear of people using acrylic coatings on circuit boards, what are they using?
For example here is Zep floor polish on a wood board.