I painted my satellite dish. (1 Viewer)

[Armando Zamora]

I didn't know if this was the right forum to post my topic. While it ain't "graduate school" material, it was a DIY project nonetheless.

 

[Dave Poehlman]

Thats cool! Do you use any sort of special paint on there?

 

[Armando Zamora]

Originally, I was just going to use Rustoleum spray paint. But, during my research on what types and colors of paints to use, I learned that you should not use any glossy-type paint and should stick to a flat finish. None of the spray paints that I could find had the colors that I needed in a flat finish, so my next resort was to have the colors mixed. A flat-finish exterior paint suitable for fiberglass or metal surfaces will do.

-Armando

 

[Dave Poehlman]

Flat? Really? Just making an uneducated guess based on how I understand dishes to work, I would think you would want a glossy, more reflective surface... but, I guess I am mistaken.

I don't suppose you see any loss in reception due to this?

The beauty of this is for those who don't enjoy the look of a gray dish mounted on their house, they could go with matching the color to their siding and such.... eenteresting!

 

[Mark Fitzsimmons]

Booo!
It'd be alot better if it was scarlet and gray.
Nice job regardless...

 

[Seth_L]

I hope you didn't use radar absorbant paint.
Seth

 

[Armando Zamora]

I hope you didn't use radar absorbant paint.

yeah...I now have a stealth dish and get all the channels that I didn't get in the past.
Dave, the reason for using flat instead of glossy paint is that the glossy finish will reflect more heat toward the LNB (the knobby-thing on the tip of the dish) which in turn will fry it.

 

[Craig Woodhall]

Armando,

that is exactly right, flat is the way to go..

 

[Dave Poehlman]

the reason for using flat instead of glossy paint is that the glossy finish will reflect more heat toward the LNB (the knobby-thing on the tip of the dish) which in turn will fry it.

Ahhh.. makes perfect sense, now. :b

 

[Bryan Michael]

not a bad job but your colors suck you should have just mixed the 2 colors and painted the dish then ass a big white S