Paint thickness...
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:09 pm
Hi. What is the typical thickness of the powder coat paint?
Further to that, is there a way to not have the paint coat the cut edge of a hole/cutout? I'm not sure that is even possible, short of cutting out the opening after the powder coat which seems a bass-ackwards.
I'm asking as my connectors are very tight in the cutout openings, and I think it may be the paint making the difference. I'm not sure yet, I've not had much chance to actually investigate. I did allow for a gap all around the connectors, but the board designer didn't leave me much space to provide a metal web between openings.
Also, somewhat related: what is your typical text alignment tolerance when doing premium graphics? I can live with what I got, but it really isn't lined up evenly around the cutouts.
Further to that, is there a way to not have the paint coat the cut edge of a hole/cutout? I'm not sure that is even possible, short of cutting out the opening after the powder coat which seems a bass-ackwards.
I'm asking as my connectors are very tight in the cutout openings, and I think it may be the paint making the difference. I'm not sure yet, I've not had much chance to actually investigate. I did allow for a gap all around the connectors, but the board designer didn't leave me much space to provide a metal web between openings.
Also, somewhat related: what is your typical text alignment tolerance when doing premium graphics? I can live with what I got, but it really isn't lined up evenly around the cutouts.