Dish Reflectors - non-metal?

[Pixl]

Pixl... I dont see any dish in your second picture??

I think I understand this now. You don't really need a transparent dish, just park a good looking girl out there and no one will notice the dish and complain about it.

 

[Larry1]

I do not ever recall a dish having only a metallic surface paint. Brand and model anyone???

One of the StarChoice dishes has a painted surface. I remember seeing one that was broken and did not notice any wire mesh inside. It had a grey paint on the reflective surface, and would scratch off it damaged. Now if you do not recall a dish having only a metallic surface paint, I may be incorrect and just did not notice the wire mesh in the fiber material.

 

[rv1pop]

Pixl... I dont see any dish in your second picture??

I see two dishes in that picture!







However, my sons might say, a dog and her dish....
Dynamite
Out-a-sight
Gal.

 

[aegrotatio]

With some of the fiber dishes, the reflective surface is a paint coating. As ZandarKoad points out, do not remove the paint coating or you will loose the reflective surface.

I'm very suspicous of this. It's usually embedded inside the plastic of the dish. I own a couple of this kind of dishes. I would think any sort of paint coating would not work reliably and it would be embedded, instead.

 

[ken2400]

All this talk and nothing about Primestar dishes from the mid to late 90's
How are they made?

 

[Bob2011]

All this talk and nothing about Primestar dishes from the mid to late 90's
How are they made?

My Primestar has a wear spot and you can see the metal screen inside. Square pattern slightly larger than that of a typical window screen.

 

[ZandarKoad]

I'm very suspicous of this. It's usually embedded inside the plastic of the dish. I own a couple of this kind of dishes. I would think any sort of paint coating would not work reliably and it would be embedded, instead.

Just for the record, I never meant to imply that the dish would not work without it's powder coat. In fact I think it would work exactly the same with or without any coat at all. It's just harder to paint on naked metal than on a powder coat.

I don't think ANY dishes use reflective paint... Not that they couldn't...