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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Here's a color chart:

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

 

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."

 

Only if you get caught

 

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....

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

Yup they do....



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

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

 

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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.

 

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...