Spray on clear acrylic coating to protect a PCB

Ken Yap wrote 07/13/2019 at 10:31 1 point

I'm thinking of making a project with retro THT ICs and LEDs on a PCB for friends and mounting it unadorned—it's meant to look geeky—in a photo frame like this. (Buttons are on the PCB, power is supplied by micro USB cable from a phone charger.)

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/promenade-frame-6-x-8-with-4-x-6-opening-brown-ur90205927

However I understand that some recipients might have reservations about exposed metal, even though the voltage might be harmless. So I'm thinking of spraying the PCB with acrylic coating from a product like this:

https://www.bunnings.com.au/dulux-duramax-325g-gloss-clear-spray-paint_p1400718 or

https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sca-sca-acrylic-aerosol-paint---clear-400g/288522.html,

and covering the LEDs, switches and connector with masking tape before spraying.

Has anybody done anything similar and has comments to offer?