Lets do a little powder coating

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Lets do a little powder coating

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Ok....I'm not a great teacher so take this with a grain of salt....ya might want a shot of tekillya to go with that salt.So the firt thing we'll do is prep the part.I blasted the rim in my cabinet.I made up a jig for it to sit in so It would not come in contact with the grates in the oven.Otherwise you'd have to shot 1 side ....do a partial cure...shot the other side & fully cure.In the jig you shot both sides at the same time.Next I wiped down the rim with denatured alcohol....wear nitrile gloves so you dont get your dirty paw prints on your parts.
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love to see some powder coat process always wanted to learn i can paint far from pro but i do good work
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I had to make what is called a pregnant oven cause the rim is just a little bigger then the oven.I warmed up the rim(I find this easier & havn't had any problems doing it this way......off to the spray booth
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Parts in the jig * hung in my temp booth.It worked better than I thought so now I'll build another problbly out of metal studs.The weight of the rim really put the small diameter pvc to test.I aslo put a box fan in with a furnace filter to draw & capture the overspray.That worked great as you can see in the pic...filter turned black
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After its all sprayed it goes in the oven for 15 minutes after the powder flows....& when it comes out you have a nice colored part.I shot the rim in super wet black
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And last but not least.....grab yourself a beer.
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no primer in powder coat process?
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you can use a primer but not neccessary.
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Very cool jeff thanks for posting the information on powder coating. Turned out very nice i see, better have two beers hahaha. :D :bow-blue:
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cool to see the process broken down. just out of curiosity, where do you get the powder and other supplies?

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Fantastic "how to" post - you may not be a teacher but you should be!!! Very well written and illustrated. Many thanks, that has explained the dark art of powder coating...all I need now is enough room to build a spray booth........ :shifty:

Thanks again Jeff :clap:

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Thanks for the pictorial. Been wanting to try that myself. What brand powder coat equipment do you use?
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Thinkin bout a larger oven sparked my memory. Went looking and refound this site. Kitchen oven burner elements were used in homemade cabinet.

http://powdercoatoven.4t.com/Index.html
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:text-goodpost:
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budoka wrote: just out of curiosity, where do you get the powder and other supplies?

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my gun & the powder I used for this was bought through Caswellplating.com.Thier forums have all kinds of info about pc & oven building.Definately worth a look.I also get some powder through Columbia coatings.
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