Cebby

Has anyone looked into or are using this system?

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...&keyword=10198

Looks like a really cheap way to coat small parts. I would think I can pickup a cheap 2nd hand electric range for under $100.

With the way stuff rusts here, this may be something to help stem the tide...

Anyone looked into this?

SLC Punk

I wonder how well it works. It would be worth it though, the cost of the equipment would be easily paid off after 2-3 powdercoats.

Cebby

For what it's worth, the powdercoater I use buys the hot coat powder for use in his powdercoating equipment since they sell small amounts. The powder itself functions the same as regular powder.

tulsa_97SR5

I wonder if powdercoating is a tougher finish than this teflon based stuff BruceTS was talking about in this old thread,

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...ht=teflon+oven

Seems like an old electric oven in the garage would be perfect for this stuff too.

ctcost

Heck you could do rims in a regular oven. What were those toys in the 70s called...shrinky dinks...you baked em and they shrunk up hard.

r854rnr

I remember seeing this on an old episode of car and driver (or some show like it) and they made a point to say it WAS toxic and thus would need an oven dedicated to doing it.

They showed how it worked on the show, and it looked cool.

Cebby

Here's a color chart:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...06&iSubCat=984

Nathan Buchanan

LOL, I bet you'd get in trouble for that one. "Oh honey, that's just a rim in the oven I'm powedercoating. It'll be done before dinner."

ctcost

Only if you get caught

Cebby

Hmmm. An oven big enough to do bumpers/sliders might be neat. I wonder how hard it is to build something from sheetmetal and use a propane heater like Bruce did....

SloPoke

Any pizza (I mean "pie" cuz your in Philly) places goin' out of business in your area? hehe

DH6twinotter

Hey! I'm glad you brought this up! I was just thinking about this yesterday. It would be cool to be able to powdercoat my own stuff. I didn't realize they had so many color choices! I was talking to some people over the weekend and they were saying a person needed to sand blast or boil the part(s) or something like that to clean the parts before applying the powdercoat. Anybody know anything about that?

Well, that's my $.02 worth.
Have fun all.
DH6twinotter

Cebby

It has to be totally bare metal for a good bond. Sand Blasting is pretty easy if you have the equipment. I hadn't heard boiling, but I had heard about using chemical strippers.

ctcost

Or you could get a portable bead blaster:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW

they make em big enough to do rims in.

Cebby

Yup they do....



If I only had a compressor strong enough to drive it...

Until I get one, it will continue to gather dust.

ctcost

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jerbear

Hey
I own a Eastwood Powder coating kit and I am very happy with it. I bought the hobby kit two years ago at the Kit car/ import nationals at Carlisle PA. I belong to an MG car club and I have more than paid for the kit by doing valve covers and timing covers and little things like that. A cabinet blaster is definitely necessary. You should also have a dedicated electric oven. I picked up a used one where the cooktop didn't work for $20.00. Multiple grits of blast media help also. The smoother the finish the smoother the piece you must start with. There is a little bit of a learning curve but not bad. Eastwood offers a ton of colors in small quantities to make it affordable. It is definitely worth having in a group of car nuts, but be careful who you tell because everybody you know will want a favor.

callmej75

Yes you do need a bare metal surface but its gotta be oil and foreign chemical "free" in order for the powder to stick for a long time. At the shop where I was powder coating we used alcohol to wipe the parts down before we hung them. Now they have acid, iron phosphate and a sealer with all fresh water and no dip tanks to pretreat. Anyone can achieve the nice look....but the question is can you make it stick for a while? As far as the oven....if you have a "dedicated" convection oven where the heat is blown around and heats the part up evenly then the powder will bake consistent. I know quite a bit about powder coating....not all...but enough to start my own business so anyone gotta question shoot it at me...