Slide Slipcote - Home Recipe

[Matthewf/Norbert/TuiDog]

What do you use as the base for your own slipcase slide recipe, assuming you already have the graphite

have tried fancy paint etch primer, works ok, but quite thin

[Nigel]

thats ya problem... using the fancy stuff not the cheap ass stuff

[mohawk]

Can it be made at home cheaper ,   but  of the same quality as slide /slip coat  ? .

[Nigel]

Do you hold your pinky out when you paint it on Matt??? 

[boon]

Do you hold your pinky out when you paint it on Matt??? 

Hahaha! Can someone tell us whats in it? Wouldn't mind trying to make some

[Nigel]

main thing is paint and graphite powder

[mohawk]

I couldnt find good quality paint and the amount of graphite powder needed to make a couple of litres at a price that would make it worth while .
 That takes into account that there is a fair heap of solids in the stuff you buy .

[Matthewf/Norbert/TuiDog]

i got plenty of graphite, current recipe is about 50/50 graphite/etch primer


what paint base is best? it can't be rocket science

[mohawk]

What about the paint they use for road marking ?

[Paul]

Didn't someone say mix it in concrete paint - the stuff you put on the patio/ garage floor/ driveway.

[Nigel]

you need something that drys quick... doesn't concrete paint take quite some time to dry?

[mof]

I've used paving paint, paint shop man recommended it as it sticks like $#!t to a blanket.

Mixing graphite powder and paint is a slow laborious and potentially messy job. The two don't like to be mixed easily. but stay on it, they do mix!

[Paul]

I've used paving paint, paint shop man recommended it as it sticks like $#!t to a blanket.

Mixing graphite powder and paint is a slow laborious and potentially messy job. The two don't like to be mixed easily. but stay on it, they do mix!

How did you mix it?  I'm wondering if putting the graphite in a container and slowly stirring in the paint would make it mix easier?  I would think if you added graphite to the paint, the graphite would probably just stick together in clumps?

[mof]

Just with a flat stirring stick. Yes, it clumps for a while, but finally gives in. The graphite is so light and wants to get away as well, stirring into the graphite might have a black mess everywhere as well.

[Paul]

What about just borrowing the mixer from the kitchen?  Let us know how it goes..