Painting an amp

[flakko 1]

hey... i was wondering... if you paint an amp, will it hinder the cooling process of the heatsink?

i wanna paint a Profile CA400 black to match the dual EU box.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Pretty much any kind of coating will alter the cooling characteristics of a heat sink. The best option would be to strip the original finish off, then refinish with whatever you choose. Of course, there are some special coatings that can actually increase the cooling, but you'll have to do some research on them. In any event, I really don't think it will be detrimental to the amps performance to just paint over the original.

[flakko 1]

kay ill just paint it then lol would look cool all black with the little red light strip.

[vladd 26]

i just bought a cadence amp thats chrome, i'd love to find someone that could powdercoat it black chrome...this shouldn't be bad should it? i can't really find any info about powdercoating but i think it'd be better than paint

[Acidburn 10]

i just bought a cadence amp thats chrome, i'd love to find someone that could powdercoat it black chrome...this shouldn't be bad should it? i can't really find any info about powdercoating but i think it'd be better than paint

PM Bavarian3 on CA.com, he had a Cadence amp either painted or powder coated

[vladd 26]

awesome thanks, i pm'd him, lets hope everything turns out good

[Supa_c 1]

Its a pain to sand all the paint off.

Go get a tin of paint removal gel. It'll eat the paint right off.

Just dont get it on your skin because it seriously burns when you do

[///M5 2,833]

Anodizing won't hurt either, might cost more than the Profile though.

I polished an already anodized (chit brown) chassis for an R/C car. Stripped off the anodizing with Oven Off and some heat, a little sanding (ok a lot) and then off to the buffing wheel with some tripoli and shined her up