Enclosure Question?

[GuitarLord5000]

After reading the posts on this site, it seems like everyone is in agreement that a metal enclosure (like the ones from Small Bear) is the way to go.  Now, if that's what I have to do, then fine.  However, I have a little more taste for the bizarre in most cases.  I looked around (I think in AMZ) and found that someone had used a PVC cap to house their circuits.  It kinda had the look of an original fuzz face .  Now, I know that the metal enclosures are recommended because of electrical interference that may cause hum.  Is there a way to reduce this effect in non-metal boxes?  Possibly putting a metal screen lining in a non-metal box?  Kinda like the way microwave doors have screen in them to dissipate the waves?

[aron]

You are thinking right! Search the archives. We talked about lining the inside of plastic boxes with aluminum foil etc... and using readily available sticky spray to hold the lining in.

[Samuel]

Also in the archives someone mentioned "Magnetic Paint" which is spray paint with very high iron content (I think?) that could be just sprayed along the inside of the case for some rejection...

[sfr]

just to pass it along, I found the Magnetic Paint that Jack at AMZ talks about in his website, at my local Ben Franklin's (craft store chain like Michael's [which didn't have the stuff] or Hobby Lobby [which i don't have in my area]) I don't know if I didn't shake the stuff enough or if the cold weather affected it, but while I got a good thick coat or the stuff, I got neither magnetic or conductive/shielding properties out of it when trying it in my guitar.  I'm going to give a it another try on a plastic box when the weather warms up (probably sometime in August the way things are going here) and I'll see what happens.  Stewart Mac has nice conductive-adhesive copper tape that works very well with no snags at all, I've had the best luck with that stuff.

[GuitarLord5000]

Thanx Guys!!!  I may try the screen, the foil and the spray all in tandem and see what comes of it.

[aron]

I found that sticky spray stuff that R.G. talks about at Office Depot of all places.

I never used it but the idea is sound.