Using epoxy resin to coat pedals

Hey all,
I've been experementing with new ways to protect paintjobs, seeing how pedals get kicked around and generally brutalized. Acrylic laquer wasn't cutting it. enamel was a bit better but sometimes it's nice to find alternates to spraycans.

I found epoxy resin at Omer DeSerres, the art store around town. it's their own vitra-laque brand (and there are other brands too). it's pretty expensive. around $30 for the kit of two bottles (epoxy + hardener) but I bit the bullet and gave some a try. mixed up a small batch and oozed it on a boost I just built.




the result is really fantastic! it does take around 2 days to harden enough to call it done, but it feels far stronger than anything I've tried. it feels like glass to the touch and shines like it too, and feels like it can take a beating. anyways if you can afford it, I reccomend it. there's probably 6-8 pedals worth of epoxy in the vitra-laque kit.

xxx photos of finished pedals? xxx

....i finally got around to building the red llama clone from the first workshop.....sounds real nice......would love to see what other folks have been doing.....would be nice to have sound clips somewhere as well to listen to these things......

workshop # 1 pictures and more..

Right, I'm going to give this blog thing a shot. A couple people have expressed interest in a couple of the pedals that were brought-in! The first of which was a feedback looper, the bypass looper that put all of the effects in its loop into crazy oscillating madness! It's a fairly simple project and doesnt involve any circuitry! If you've managed with the fuzz project or the ringmod, this will be a piece of cake! It's just a couple switches, wires, a potentiometer (and knob) and the enclosure of course. It's a great little box you can quickly build in-between workshops and have fun decorating!

Instructions for it can be found in this forum thread below. If you have any questions, you can email me as well.

thread on experementalistsanonymous.com

A couple other people have also expressed interest in that crazy 20-knob sequenced tremolo-thing! It should be considered more advanced, but I think I've compiled some good instructions. I should also warn that it doesnt work perfectly. There isa bit of ticking noise when its playing, and some values could be optimized, but at least it works! All parts can be found at Addisons. Again, if there are any questions abotu it, email me and I will do my best to answer!

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voetsek_tremolo_diy_instructions.zip

Here are some photos from the first workshop