Hey everyone,
I figured I'd create a blog instead of a thread. This is my first blog. Well here goes...
I've always wanted to try powder coating and sand blasting. My bf and I went to harbor freight and bought a blast booth and powder coating gun.
We prepped everything first in the blast booth. For media we're using aluminum oxide 70 grit. It's pretty abrasive and takes dirt, grime and paint right off. Then we rinsed the parts off and let them dry.
Then powder coat time!
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
I figured I'd create a blog instead of a thread. This is my first blog. Well here goes...
I've always wanted to try powder coating and sand blasting. My bf and I went to harbor freight and bought a blast booth and powder coating gun.
We prepped everything first in the blast booth. For media we're using aluminum oxide 70 grit. It's pretty abrasive and takes dirt, grime and paint right off. Then we rinsed the parts off and let them dry.
Then powder coat time!
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Powder Coating & Media Blasting!
Hey everyone,
I figured I'd create a blog instead of a thread. This is my first blog. Well here goes...
I've always wanted to try powder coating and sand blasting. My bf and I bought a blast booth and powder coating gun.
We prepped everything first in the blast booth. For media we're using aluminum oxide 70 grit. It's pretty abrasive and takes dirt, grime and paint right off. Then we rinsed the parts off and let them dry.
Then powder coat time! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.
I figured I'd create a blog instead of a thread. This is my first blog. Well here goes...
I've always wanted to try powder coating and sand blasting. My bf and I bought a blast booth and powder coating gun.
We prepped everything first in the blast booth. For media we're using aluminum oxide 70 grit. It's pretty abrasive and takes dirt, grime and paint right off. Then we rinsed the parts off and let them dry.
Then powder coat time!
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. 
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In the pictures you can see where it's just powder and where the powder is curing.
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 12:31 PM by VTEC_THIS
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  I bet you've never seen a pink on black magnus manifold before  . I think the parts turned out really well for just learning to powder coat. If there's any local dsmers who want some stuff powder coated contact me and I'd be glad to help out a fellow dsmer.Tell me what you think!  |
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 12:32 PM by VTEC_THIS
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Very nice. What did you use to cure the powder coat? Did you use an oven? I need my VC painted so I might stop by.
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 01:19 PM by crimsondragon
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Thanks. We're using a large high temp curing lamp. We opted for a heat lamp instead of an oven so we can powder coat larger items, such as intercooler piping.
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 02:08 PM by VTEC_THIS
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PM me about the valve cover and we'll figure something out.
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 02:17 PM by VTEC_THIS
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awesome work it all looks good ive been thinkin about gettin the same stuff myself...i just might have to now
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 02:40 PM by redline2k6
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might try an oven it will make the parts look a ton better pm a e-mail addy and ill show alot of my custom work
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 03:21 PM by AWD_DSM08
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not a reg oven though you can custom make a large oven if you have a nice metal cabnet if youd like to see mine drop a pm
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 03:22 PM by AWD_DSM08
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Will you be offering a service??
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 06:28 PM by yesItsdsm
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Sure
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:02 PM by VTEC_THIS
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I have alot of parts laying around that would look pretty damn good if they were cleaned up a bit..
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:35 PM by yesItsdsm
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Prepping:
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:40 PM by VTEC_THIS
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Finished parts:
I just finished now (at night) so here's a couple pictures with the flash.   Here's without a flash so you could see how shiny everything turned out:   BTW - The cam gears aren't done yet, I have to go over them again. |
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:45 PM by VTEC_THIS
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Looks good - I'm going to be blasting and coating my parts soon too. Did you tape off any of those parts while coating? Or can you control the powder spray enough to coat just where you want?
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:53 PM by turbosax2
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You can definately control it enough to only get into spots you want. For the manifold and valve cover I used high temp tape to do the letters seperately.
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Posted 07-26-2008 at 07:57 PM by VTEC_THIS
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