OT: Powder coating for dummies |
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OT: Powder coating for dummies |
ninefourteener |
May 8 2006, 12:06 PM
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Perfectly Normal Guy :) Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 3-June 03 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 779 |
So yesterday I was in Sears getting a new wheel for my lawnmower (don't ask)..... and I came across a powder coating gun for like $130 (ish) dollars.
Plus, I saw the little "packets" of colored powder for next to nothing..... and I thought to myself... "Is it really this easy and cheap"??? Am I missing something? I really know nothing about powder coating, other than the awesome final product. Is it really this easy? Am I missing something? I thought about powder coating the original wheels on the WRX in a satin black.... is a $130 gun, and a few packets of "black" all I need??? ----confused..... |
zymurgist |
May 8 2006, 12:26 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
You need an oven that you won't be cooking food in any more. At least that's what the Eastwood instruction book says. I got my powedercoating oven for free by advertising at work.
For best results on parts, you may want to use a bead (or sand) blaster to rough up the surface. I sandblasted a lot of steel and cast iron parts... the steel parts almost all turned out nice, but the cast iron parts seem to have a bit of rust bleeding through (even though I thought I had blasted all the rust loose). |
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