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I was turned on to powder coating by a friend of my dads
who had built a few really nice cars. I ordered the Deluxe kit from
Eastwood Company for about $199. For that you get the gun, two cans on
powder, stainless wire, and heat resistant tape and plugs. This is my
makeshift powder coating workspace. The oven was a unit I got for free,
we hang the pieces from the ceiling to coat them, then move them to the
oven. The workspace is a mess, but powder coating makes a mess in the process too. |
| Here's a piece hung in the oven. Don't try this in your
kitchen. The oven is a mess, but of course again who cares? :) .. Per
the instructions, you place the part in a 450 degree oven. In the top
right corner you can see the oven thermometer I use to make sure the
temperature is right. Eastwood sells some expensive ones, this one I got
at Wal-Mart for $5. |
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After 5-10 minutes at 450 degrees the part will "flow
over", in other words the powder liquefies. Once this happens, you reduce
the heat to 400 degrees and bake the part for 20 minutes. After 20
minutes you need to turn the oven off and let it cool (don't try to take
the part out now unless you want to A. get burned or B. have some heavy
duty gloves). Your only limited to what pieces you can do by the
size of your oven. Eastwood sales infrared lamps that can do entire
frames, but be prepared to shell out $500+. |
| Here are some finished pieces (they were cleaner than
me, thus they got to sit on the couch). They look better than any paint
job I could do, the coat is smooth and extremely glossy. So far I have
done both upper and lower a-arms, both spindles and the upper a-arm
rods. Once the new poly bushings have been pressed in, the suspension
will be ready to bolt back together. |
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