resin

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'.

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.