Section : General

powdercoating

Posted By : Willie Cameron, 12-Oct-2005, 09:48pm

• powdercoating

  Posted By : Colin Wake, 13-Oct-2005, 10:45am

  I can't get to Ebay, but I am assuming that it is liek the one that Frost sell.
  
  If that is the case then yes, I have seen one used.
  
  Getting away with putting the stuff in the oven when the wife isn't looking is the hardest part.
  
  Also findinga big enough oven is hard.
  
  They work very well, but you will also need to find a source of the powder as it gets used up very quick.
  
  Colin

  • powdercoating

    Posted By : Willie Cameron, 21-Oct-2005, 08:35pm

    Thanks for the reply colin, i thought the system would have been good for powder coating small parts at home, i would have bought an electric oven to use as i am not that brave to even think about using my good ladies cooker, she would kill me,thanks again.
    
    regards willie cameron

    • powdercoating

      Posted By : Philip Willcocks, 24-Oct-2005, 10:24am

      Hi Willie,
      
      I have a Frost powder coating system, it works very well. I'm lucky enough to have a spare oven in the garage to cook the powder, but anyhow it doesn't leave a mess other than traces of powder that sometimes fall off as you put it in the oven and this can be cured by putting silver foil at the bottom!
      I would recommend that you also get some old racks to use in the oven as they will inevitably become coated in plastic during the process.
      Do experiment first and remember that you need to de-gas any castings first before powder coating, you can do this by heating for an hour or so and after cooling remove the surface contaminants using thinners.
      The powder is very difficult to remove after cooking so it is best to mask or plug any threads or bits you don't want covered before you start.
      The www.buckeyetriumphs.org web pages used to have some fabulous information on home powder coating but I think they have gone. I have a copy if you can't get the pages from the web archive.