Should I sand jogwheels?

[Abyrne7]

A while ago I purchased the overlay and black knobs and faders for my VCI 100 SE. So to keep the black color scheme going I spray painted the jog wheels black, then later put stickers on them. I didn't like the look of the stickers so I took them off and the paint job looked kind of sketchy. Now they just look totally bad on the eyes.

Basically I want to repaint them. But I was thinking that maybe it would be to thick so I would lose my touch sensitivity. So should I sand them down and then repaint? Would sanding them jepordize my touch sensitivity? Whats the best way to start fresh and have a nice looking set of jogs?

Thanks

[mmauve]

I'm fairly certain that the touch sensitivity is based on pressure, not any conductive contact per'se. I've never sanded the jog wheels though to test this out, so take what I say with a grain of salt lol.

[sm00sh]

the vci touch sensors actually function with conductivity so, paint does have a chance of effecting the sensitivity. sanding them shouldn't cause any damage

[Abyrne7]

hummm. I dont want to totally f them tho, I would like to be 100 percent certain.

[nem0nic]

The jogs are absolutely capacitive touch, which means that they detect touch using electricity - not pressure. You can sand the disc down no problem. But painting it will be a different matter. You need to make sure that whatever paint you choose is conductive enough to still allow the platter to work properly.