work for a speacialist flooring company and we use some really industrial strength epoxy/ urethene resin paints.  i coated my mt 102 with some nice glossy black and it will withstand any amount of knocks, it wont chip and it looks ok too.

worth getting hold of the stuff, better thant your poxy 'garage floor paints'.

not too sure about the matt, but there is probably something wacky. different colours yes.

the company is called quattro, based in penrith, cumbria

http://www.quattro.org.uk - www.quattro.org.uk go to the resin floor screeds and coatings bit and look for q tect.

or send them an email/phone them. as i work for them i dont want to let on that i know how good the stuff is for coating speakers cos they'll know some of its gone amiss!!!

resin out

 spaceman

just got a call back from them and they're amazingly helpful. I properly recommend giving them a call if you need some advice.

I told them that it was going to be used for speakers and they recommended me a water based urethane paint. It dries a little slower than the q tect stuff so is easier to apply. It works well being brushed on or sprayed on, and the good advantages of it over the epoxy paint are that its not high gloss, and that it wont dry in the nozel of the spray gun because its not air activated.

They have a huge range of paints and can do almost any colour.

The paint we're going to order is called cover tyle silk. It costs £35 for 3Kg and should cover about 20m squared. I was recommended 2 to 3 coats. The finish is called silk, its not a gloss but is slightly shinyer than a completely matt finish. Its a two part paint. Its rock bastard hard and should last a lifetime.

Hopefully this will mean that I can avoid being ripped off by adam hall.

they quoted me £35 for 3Kg, not 5.

the price they quoted you is better value.

...thems plastic bits iz the good sh*t boy-o...thats yer quality guide

.....more the better thats what i say ....'cough..splutter..cough'... puts hairs on yer chest..'cough..choke...cough'.....made me the man i am today...'ahh..choke...cough'........

this quattro stuff is just a brand name, i'll phone up some paint suppliers and see if i can get it any cheaper.  Since we use paint and other coatings where I work I may be able to get a better deal and certainaly not have to pay any vat on it.  I'll let peepz know how I get on.

other colours, too. although  iwould say prices would vary with each colour due to mixing/matching, geneally primary colours.

not just a brand name mate, you want good resin then you've gotta fork out for it. if you love your speakers then obviously only the best will do.

oh about the price thing. i dont have a clue. i only work for them, nothing to do wit the retail bit

Hi guys, got some info on the paints from QUATTRO.  They do 3 types:Q TUFF---More your garage floor and heavy duty stuff, Q-TYLE---Good for your boxes but the colours are limited they do have a blue but it is not like the turbosound blue.  It's more of a mid-cool blue like the sky.  The red is like the looney bins colour all the rest of the colours are light with the exception of black and grey.

The third being AQUACOAT, again the colours are not appealing to me.

I found this other company called CROMADEX another uk paint manu, that i'm going to try on monday, they have similar products like QUATTRO will keep you posted.

http://www.cromadex.com/ - www.cromadex.com/