http://www.bareconductive.com/                      this looks useful for led lighting

That is a really useful link for a number of reasons. Thank you for posting it

Bookmarked this. 

Could be useful in situations where there's no space for wires!

You can get it in a pen style dispenser as well although the price goes up.

Once applied it can be painted over so no need to hide it 

cheers John.

if it works £5 for a pen isnt bad compared to other conductive paint pens

As a complete beginner to electronics, I like the tutorials.

Is conductive paint an alternative to wiring? For example could I just paint it onto my layout instead of using wires to connect street lights and buildings?

Quote from: Pengy on January 19, 2013, 12:00:13 PM
As a complete beginner to electronics, I like the tutorials.

Is conductive paint an alternative to wiring? For example could I just paint it onto my layout instead of using wires to connect street lights and buildings?

It is best to take the wires up to the sunject then use the paint, you will get the idea when you click on the picture in this link 
http://www.ontracks.co.uk/index.php?page=product&prodID=166348&gclid=CNCv84Og9LQCFebLtAodNgYAmw

The pens are quite pricey: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemtronics-Silver-conductive-paint-Content/dp/B003V4FQMO/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1358592577&sr=8-17

There are some tutorials here: http://www.bareconductive.com/tutorials

cheers John.

ive just ordered 5 bareconductive paint pens for £25 with free p and p

Is this the same stuff but in a different tub?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-Soldering-Conductive-Wire-Glue-No-Solder-iron-Gun-BGA-Rapid-Fire-Mod-Adhesive-/230914977149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35c39aed7d

Regards

no i dont think so.bare conductive .com seem to produce a unique product

ive had a play with this and it works as advertised.can be used to stick very small components and wires but it is not very flexible so care needs to be taken when working near it.but its still very useful

I've got a pot of this paint that I bought on eBay from the US.  I painted it on a frog on a set of points, which vastly improved the conductivity to my shunters at slow speeds.

You do need to be careful that you don't blather the paint in the wrong places - I've got conductive paint on some of my set track turnouts, and I had a few pops and bangs when I then made it all live. I decided though that you just need to have a very fine break along a line from the nose of the frog, so that you re just extending the effective rail at each of the turnout exits.
Not that I've actually done that though...

Ps my paint came from maplins; this looks different. I like the tutorial on creating switches that operate by using your finger as the conductive link.