Spraying a dish - help needed

betasat

My 3m C-band dish has begun peeling, so i wanted to spray/paint it.

But while at it, i thought it wud do gud if i could get something that wud improve signal strength as well - so is there some magic paint i cud use to for this purpose? Of course it shudn't sacrifice protection for the dish (we have some nasty weather here).

Please advise.

Also when spraying, should i be concerned about the LNB getting covered in spray. Being a 3m dish, I'll have to do the spray job on the roof.

Oh yes, and shud i strip(if so, how?) the existing paint or just spray over it. Getting it off the mesh mite be a challenge tho.

Thanks in adavnce for any help.

2cvbloke

There's not any "magic" paint as far as I know, I resprayed my Ku dish with standard Matt black car paint, don't use metallic paint as this can mess up your dish's performance, and wear a safety harness if your doing it on your roof!!!

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Rob

As 2cvbloke says no magic paint, but no need to strip the paint work just rub the existing paintwork down (use a sander if possible), and either remove or cover the LNB.

Use a good quality air drying paint and make sure it's a MATT finish NOT gloss as you might end up "cooking" your LNB.

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2cvbloke

Just watch the Super Solar Weapon episode of Mythbusters with their C-Band mirror dish, setting fire to an oily rag or whatever it was...

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