Powder Coating Diy

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    Cupoftea Noble Member

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    #1 Cupoftea, Jun 21, 2019
    Just invested in a powder coating kit.
    Bought an old oven for £15 and powder coated a pair of exhaust tips from my Harley. Result for first time was impressive. Well worth the money and the best bit is that you can paint and bake at your leisure and no more traveling to powder coat companies and having to wait weeks for the finished parts. Think it's best to have a shot blaster as well. Can't wait to start on the bonnie.
     
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    #2 freck, Jun 21, 2019
    I’ve been thinking of doing this too. Have you got some info of the kit you bought please, and the type of oven you got. :grinning:
    I’ve already got a shot blasting setup so that’s one step done. :p
     
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    #3 Cupoftea, Jun 21, 2019
    Electrostatic powder coat.
    British design and needs no electric.
    Got loads of colour powder with the kit. Was dubious at first but seems to work OK, plus there's a 12 month return policy. Oven any electric oven from fleebay etc. Best also get a cheap temp gauge to keep things at 180 to 200 c.
     
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    The surface preparation is every bit as important as the powder coat.....
     
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    #6 freck, Jun 21, 2019
    I used to work for TVR cars and their chassis used to suffer from corrosion problems mainly because they were sent out for blasting and would start corroding before they could get back to the factory for powder coating.
    We managed to sort this by designing and building our own in house blasting facility big enough to wheel in a trolley with the chassis suspended on it, so it could be blasted then taken straight into the powder plant.
    The chassis’s were much more durable after doing this, and so were many of the workers’ driveway gates, bicycles, wheels etc. :p
     
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