>> conductive carbon coating There's this stuff: http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/b70c/ (lots of people= carry it. I don't know how suitable it is for keypad switches, but I also= haven't heard a lot of bad things about it.) Ordinary lubricant-grade "graphite" is pretty conductive, and could potenti= ally be mixed with any number of potential binders; I'm not sure what would= stick well to PCB pads. (This is much less messy than "conductive lampbla= ck" or "conductive carbon black"; probably not quite as conductive, though.= ) BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .