Conductive Paint
Conductive filament:
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Conductive Paint Graphite powder Acrylic Black Gloss Paint.
Inoxia synthetic supposedly supperior
Graphite Conductivity
Graphite Powder EZ slide

Methods Mr. Color is acrylic paint.
These resistance measurements are at appoximately 1 inch.


Casting Graphite
Seeding Graphite

  1. Find a small airtight container, like a small Tupperware
  2. Add in a small amount of Elmer’s glue (hence why it can also be called electric glue).
  3. Add 2 teaspoons of graphite powder to start and mix well. Graphite is electrically conductive, so this is the ingredient that makes your paint conductive.
  4. Add in more graphite powder, a little at a time. You will need to saturate the glue with graphite powder. At one point it will look clumpy, but if you keep mixing it will slowly go into a very thick conductive paint.

What Is Pencil Lead Made Of?

We’re not in the habit of crushing dreams, but we have to break it to you: pencils do not contain lead. Instead, the pencil material is actually graphite. Plumbago pencil lead, to be exact.

To get all geologist on you, plumbago is a naturally-occurring crystalline form of carbon arranged in a hexagonal structure. Fun fact: if graphite is under high enough pressures and temperatures, it turns into a diamond.

Natural graphite is used in many ways, from batteries to brake linings to pencils, of course.

Our DIY conductive paint is 25x cheaper than store bought.

For me, that is a huge win. I run a ton of community programs and teach afterschool science around the area, so the thought of it being 25x cheaper is huge.