Painting a homemade incubator? A good idea??

[tigercreek]

Should I paint my homemade plywood incubator?? Seems like it would help prevent moisture damage, but what about the fumes?? . thanks ...stan

 

[Pascal PicklePants]

As long as you let it fully cure, there should be no fumes. You could also just use a sealer instead of paint. Maybe lacquer?

 

[silkiechicken]

I put about 1 pint of spar urethane on my home made incubator which is really small. It's just a hair over a square foot in size. So with those 10 coats of paint. It is shiny like plastic and there is no hope of any water seeping into the wood. Matter of fact, if it weren't for the electronics, I could just submerge and soak the whole thing. LOL

You can see a pic of it from the link in my sig.

Painting is just fine, just let it air out.