Topic: whos rocking a home powder coat kit? (Read 5112 times)

highroller54 · « **on:** March 16, 2009, 10:28:07 AM »

Walk me through the process please, any pics of shit you coated? I'm looking at getting a kit, oven and bead blaster so I can do my own shit. I want to do my spoon calipers and rear type r calipers to match, I hate the blue of spoons.

notfastcrx · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2009, 10:35:48 AM »

its pretty easy to do.

step 1: clean/degrease/blast
step 2: clean with acetone
step 2.5: outgas if needed
step 3: powder/bake

the only thing you really have to know is that aluminum pieces like intake manifolds have pores that hold gasses so you have to prebake aka "outgas" them to get all of the stuff out. if you dont you'll have spots that look like big pieces of dirt all over the finished piece

SQ is the SQUAD · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:24:24 AM »

eastwood.com has a basic powdercoat kit for $100. i brought one a few years ago but never used it,

seajay2525 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2009, 11:29:18 AM »

That's what I should spend my tax return on.

notfastcrx · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2009, 12:50:42 PM »

thats where i got mine. ive used it almost every day for about 5 years and its still working like new.

highroller54 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:05:25 PM »

were are you buying powder from?

5thgenlx · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:19:32 PM »

we had a few step by steps of this on the old site, anyone got links? i cant find any

Corey · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:33:38 PM »

basically notfastcrx hit the nail on the head. cant stress making sure the stuff is clean enough.

i get my stuff from caswellplating.com

just find an old used up house oven and use that. only problem is youre limited to about 15" wheels or somethhing equivalent in size. real powder ovens are bank.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2009, 02:31:01 PM »

I have a medium-level DIY kit ($350 or some shit) but I've never used it. Supposedly it's just like bodywork, keep it clean.

One of the local VW guys rocks a bottom dollar DIY powdercoater, and his shit turns out legit. He's been doing the IM of 16v (and other) cars in a wrinkle finish blue, reminds me of the VW variant of an ITR valvecover. Shit looks GOOD.

dvst8r · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2009, 02:47:48 PM »

Dave @ Passenger, used to have one, I have done: Wheels, valve covers, charge piping, ect... They work well, but in the end we found that it was cheaper just to go to the local powder coating shop. Keep in mind we were doing this commercially, so the time involved was a big killer. For at home they are a cheap way to do it. I think we were getting our supplies mail order iirc. Maybe Dave will read this and correct me if I am wrong.

ochoa · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2009, 05:16:17 PM »

we had one of the cheap $100 dollar kits at our high school shit turned our really good as long as you prep the shit really well and it only turns out to equal a couple bucks to do something like a valve cover i want to buy one as soon as i can find a junk oven

SQ is the SQUAD · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2009, 05:27:38 PM »

get an eletric oven, that way u can use it outside to keep the fumes out the house, just make a nice 240v extention cord, lol.

keep your eyes open for one of those tall catering oven, like the muffin ones. i seen someong convert one of those to a powder coating oven, it was sick

snm95ls · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2009, 06:25:48 PM »

Bought one last year, and I fianlly got around to using the damn thing this year.

Here is one of the few things I have coated.

<zips up flame suit>

I helped a friend coat all of this major suspension components. What a huge pain in the ass. The blast cabinet sure did get a workout.

I bought the deluxe kit form Eastwood on sale, then I waited until I found a free electric oven. I ended up with two of the damn things. I had bought the bead blast cabinet many years back, so I just had to move it over to my place from another friend's house. It all work out pretty well. Kind of messy, but much easier to clean up than paint, and probably about 1000 times safer for your lungs.

glustic · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:24:20 PM »

That valve cover looks ballin!

Corey · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2009, 07:33:37 PM »

definatley electric ovens, they say not to use gas ovens because supposedly the powder releases some kind of gas. thats what i read anyways

you need an oven thats capable of producing and holding 400* F to powdercoat. not sure if a toaster oven is going to work. not to mention you cant fit hardly anythning in it.

snm95ls · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2009, 08:16:26 PM »

Quote from: CoreyR on March 16, 2009, 07:33:37 PM

definatley electric ovens, they say not to use gas ovens because supposedly the powder releases some kind of gas. thats what i read anyways

you need an oven thats capable of producing and holding 400* F to powdercoat. not sure if a toaster oven is going to work. not to mention you cant fit hardly anythning in it.

Actually, I read into that a little. The big commercial operations are using gas fired ovens. gas is still way cheaper than electricity per BTU.

highroller54 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2009, 10:37:15 AM »

alright, thanks guys this is going to be my next purchase.

Did you guys get the one that needs or doesn't need a compressor?

dvst8r · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2009, 11:05:47 AM »

Quote from: highroller54 on March 17, 2009, 10:37:15 AM

alright, thanks guys this is going to be my next purchase.

Did you guys get the one that needs or doesn't need a compressor?

Compressor.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #18 on:** March 17, 2009, 01:44:46 PM »

I don't know, never taken mine out of the box and looked closely at it. LOL

You want to make an offer on mine?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #19 on:** March 17, 2009, 02:43:06 PM »

If you pay that up front, sure.

I suck at remembering to ship. All my sales are conducted on a "WHEN you get it, inspect the goods and then send money" basis.

highroller54 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2009, 03:07:04 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on March 17, 2009, 01:44:46 PM

I don't know, never taken mine out of the box and looked closely at it. LOL

You want to make an offer on mine?

I am buying one really soon, like now lol. Specs, brand, price,ect?

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #21 on:** March 17, 2009, 04:12:34 PM »

I'll get it tonight, send you shitty phone pix.

highroller54 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:06:33 AM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on March 17, 2009, 04:12:34 PM

I'll get it tonight, send you shitty phone pix.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #23 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:09:43 AM »

It was my first day back working after 97QikEconoNuf gave me norovirus, I got a case of the fuckits and went home to sleep it off.

I told you I was a flaky bastard.

highroller54 · « **Reply #24 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:14:15 AM »

did you acually get that noro shit? I had something for 1/2 of the winter, its been a long time since I was that sick and then never really got over it.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #25 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:15:18 AM »

Fuck yes, that French Canadian scamming cousin to Rick P bastard didn't wash his hands before using an AIM applet and got me sick as fuck.

highroller54 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:31:10 AM »

Lol

racingtiger · « **Reply #27 on:** March 21, 2009, 09:08:08 PM »

If someone gets one near sacramento, I'll have a never ending stream of crap to powder coat coming your way

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