Is there a way to put like silicone on metal?

[desura]

Kinda weird, but one of my electronics has a metal casing with sharp edges. It also is cold to the touch. I'm thinking I'd like to encase the thing in like teflon or silicone to make it nicer to handle. Is there a way?

 

[blackdogdeek]

http://sugru.com/

 

[Jaepheth]

rubber cement

epoxy

liquid gasket

silicone caulking compound

 

[schmuckley]

http://www.webstaurantstore.com/wd-...ogleShopping&gclid=CIPSmJOhx70CFaVQOgoduDMAmg

Not sure how that would make it nicer to handle..

 

[Jeff7]

Trimlok, at least for the edges.

For the rest of it....adhesive-backed silicone sheeting?

 

[twinrider1]

Insert Steely Dan joke here.

 

[desura]

thanks for replies. I think I'll do the silicone spray option.

 

[herm0016]

plastidip may work really well.


is it cold with solution? how many people remember that one?

 

[Jaepheth]

I haven't used it, but I don't imagine a WD-40 spray would leave a significant layer of material to change a sharp edge. It's a lubricant, not a coating.

 

[JEDIYoda]

I haven't used it, but I don't imagine a WD-40 spray would leave a significant layer of material to change a sharp edge. It's a lubricant, not a coating.

technically WD40 is a penetrating oil.....

 

[Murloc]

I wouldn't put oily stuff on something I need to handle.

 

[uclabachelor]

Kinda weird, but one of my electronics has a metal casing with sharp edges. It also is cold to the touch. I'm thinking I'd like to encase the thing in like teflon or silicone to make it nicer to handle. Is there a way?

Just for future reference...

Silicone = stuff used for fake tits.
Silicon = stuff used to make electronic chips.

 

[MongGrel]

Insert Steely Dan joke here.

Ya beat me to it.

:biggrin:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Wasn't that the plot of Terminator 3?

 

[Meghan54]

technically WD40 is a penetrating oil.....

I wouldn't even classify it as a penetrating oil since it has so little oil in it, <25%. The main ingredients, outside the petroleum oil, are an aliphatic hydrocarbon at 45-50% and LVP aliphatic hydrocarbon at 12-18%. Aliphatic hydrocarbons are like methane, ethene, ethane, butane, propane, etc.

Given that WD-40 is an absolutely horrible lubricant, and wasn't designed to be one, it's only really good for quick use on something that you go back and use a proper lubricant on later. See all sorts of people using WD-40 as a lubricant on moving parts, like on bicycle chains, with very poor results.

 

[Jeff7]

Just for future reference...

Silicone = stuff used for fake tits.
Silicon = stuff used to make electronic chips.

...it appears that the OP used it correctly then.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

http://www.techni-tool.com/754CH212

 

[BladeVenom]

plastidip may work really well.

That was my first thought.

 

[lxskllr]

I'd use leather.

 

[HeXen]

I have used truck bed liner on stuff before. It forms into a sort of hard plastic and just paints on. It's gritty but you sand it down and paint.

 

[dank69]

Kinda weird, but one of my electronics has a metal casing with sharp edges. It also is cold to the touch. I'm thinking I'd like to encase the thing in like teflon or silicone to make it nicer to handle. Is there a way?

Sure, sure. Let us know how your fembot turns out.

 

[Mixolydian]

Just for future reference...

Silicone = stuff used for fake tits.
Silicon = stuff used to make electronic chips.

Which is stupid when you think about it. Why have two completely unrelated substances essentially use the same name (with one letter difference)? that's just asking for trouble/confusion.

 

[MongGrel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VOa9IZ86Ak

Had too.

It looks just like a Telefunken U-47.

*very explicit*