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Message started by Routy on 04/30/10 at 07:16:20

Title: Powder Coating
Post by Routy on 04/30/10 at 07:16:20

Lots a bobber/builders out there,....
Anyone try or have good success w/ any of the home type powder coating kits on the market ? You know,...the cheap ones....where I guess you would use your kitchen oven.....when DW leaves for a couple hours ? :-X I know HF has sold these for ages, but I have never heard any feedback on them.
Thanks for any replies.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by RidgeRunner13 on 04/30/10 at 08:16:34

I asked this same ? a couple of months ago & nobody had tried it yet.
I asked on another forum with the same result. :o

One of us is going to have to break down & get one. My last trip to H-F 2 weeks ago they were out of stock. :-?

I planned to coat some brackets I made & cure them in the oven. Then depending on the out come, get an old oven from an appliance store for cheap or free & put a plug on it like my welder. Mount a set of wheels on it where I can move it around easily to store it. 8-)

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/30/10 at 09:59:29

If someone needed a longer cavity he could get 2 ovens & cut the back out & turn them back to back.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by dasch on 04/30/10 at 10:01:17

Or get a cheap quartz room heater. That's what they use anyways.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/30/10 at 10:31:28

What kinda box do they put the part & lamp in?

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by dasch on 04/30/10 at 11:07:41

None! Part hanging, two or three quartz lamps radiate heat all around it, some cheap contactless temp gauge... That's it in home powdercoating kits.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/30/10 at 14:53:53

That sounds WAY too easy!

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Routy on 04/30/10 at 19:15:31

Its amazing that no one has tried it. But its also amazing that HF has been selling these seems like forever, and there is not 1 review for it.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by james may on 04/30/10 at 19:29:55

question is.. are you going to powder coat enough things for it to actually save you any money over sending it to a powder coater to coat it for you. I mean maybe if your doing a whole bike frame an investment in a system might be worth it, but then you don't have an oven big enough to fit it. are you going to coat more than 100-200 worth of parts?

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by dasch on 04/30/10 at 20:58:53

In some shops they even use gas burners... Hot air gun should also work. Oven is much better, though. No dust, controlled temp and all.. The only point is to melt the powder without burning it. And kits are cheap, not sure about powder itself. There's good ones and bad ones, probably.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by RidgeRunner13 on 04/30/10 at 21:05:40

Well, since I fabricate a lot of small parts & brackets for my bikes & racecar, the convenience alone would be worth it.
If I was doing something to large to fit in an oven, I would have it done.
The H-F p/c system normally sells for about $60, $48 with a 20% off cuopon. The powder they sell is about $5 a color.
Between time & fuel to take it somewhere to be done, it wouldn't take a lot to make it worth while, PROVIDING it does an acceptable job.

There are quite a few chrome (rusted) parts on the Savage that I would like to clean & p/c instead of paint. I would like to turn it into a 'Minight Edition Savage' with most of the chrome blacked out. 8-)

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by dasch on 04/30/10 at 23:08:43

My guess is the device doesn't matter too much, if you have a clean piece, good quality powder and you got curing process (temp and duration) perfected. And there's tons of info online, shouldn't be that hard.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Routy on 04/30/10 at 23:46:53

787D6F7F741C0 wrote:

Thats what I'm thinking.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by miker on 05/01/10 at 06:06:32

I am having two frames done in the Rhinoliner "Hard Line" product. Preped and coated for $200 ea.. Custom colors available and shouldn't fade from sunlight like powder coating tends to do. Also we are removing all chrome and going with the old school Nickle plating.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Truckinduc on 05/01/10 at 15:57:25

I do lots of it at home. Maybe have 100$ in the system and all the different powders I have.

I use an old toaster oven and a full size oven. Works great. A little practice and you can achieve different textures.

Ive coated approx. 400$ worth of stuff.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by RidgeRunner13 on 05/01/10 at 19:01:41

0B2D2A3C3436313B2A3C5F0 wrote:

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Routy on 05/01/10 at 21:30:24

734845464473544F4F44531012210 wrote:

[quote author=0B2D2A3C3436313B2A3C5F0 link=1272636980/0#14 date=1272754645]I do lots of it at home. Maybe have 100$ in the system and all the different powders I have.

I use an old toaster oven and a full size oven. Works great. A little practice and you can achieve different textures.

Ive coated approx. 400$ worth of stuff.

Now that's what I wanted to hear! Tell me more, please!
Do you have the one from Harbor Freight? What does it smell like when it's curing? Would it stink up the house if you used the kitchen oven? Mess up the oven? :-/
When I get one I want to see how well it works before investing more $$ in an oven. 8-) [/quote]
Right on ! Just a little feedback is all I needed. Ovens are no problem for me, but I too wonder if the HF gun is a decent place to start.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Truckinduc on 05/02/10 at 12:05:00

Yes I have the HF one. Only problem ive had was with tight enclosures. Like if you wanted to coat your cylinder. In between the fins would be the hardest part. The powder would want to stick to the outer part of the fins before it gets to the inner fin. But it can be done.

I would highly suggest AGAINST coating anything in an oven that you cook it. You should have a dedicated oven just for this.

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Truckinduc on 05/02/10 at 12:25:49

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ6m5rYKnY4

Title: Re: Powder Coating
Post by Routy on 05/02/10 at 19:58:26

Thanks for the info.

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