Got a powder coater

[Gamble97]

Just so happens I cam across this oven with some powder, gun, brackets. Everything I need to powder coat. I got it together on CL. Tried it out the night I bought it.


First piece


Going to try a few different things next time around but so far it's a cool process.

[jpmxrider489]

Looks good. If you dont mind me asking, how much was it all?

[Boomdeeze]

That's cool, wish I had all of that. I need my rims powder coated so would be a worthy investment.

[Tyeler18]

I love my gun, use it all the time on car stuff and random stuff. Good buy for sure

[Gamble97]

Originally Posted by Boomdeeze

That's cool, wish I had all of that. I need my rims powder coated so would be a worthy investment.

Maybe some 14" rims would fit on an angle lol

Originally Posted by jpmxrider489

Looks good. If you dont mind me asking, how much was it all?

Surely. He was asking $350 for it all and I got him down to $325.
I've read that the gun isn't the greatest, but for hobby use it will be just fine.

Here are the details on the oven
Powder Coat Oven

[rhtwng2]

wow that's a awesome deal....I would have liked to come across that one....just thinking of all the parts that I could do under the hood...

[97mitzugst]

That's a great find man. I'm sure it will save you some money. Have you had a chance to try it on anything else yet?

[Gamble97]

Tried it a second time and it came out with more orange peel, 20psi was far too high so I'm going to keep playing around with it.

[bostonhatcher]

Don't put the pressure up to high. You just want to float the powder towards the metal and the high voltage difference will attract it to the part.

What will make the biggest difference is putting the part in the oven at 400* BEFORE powder coating. Put it in for 7-8 mins. then once you pull it back out wait 2-3 mins to cool down so the powder coat won't stick in case you mess up. What the preheat does is burns off all moisture and chemicals that were on the part. Then once the part cools down to where you can barely touch it, coat it and put it back in the oven to cure. Here's my work doing this procedure using an Eastwood gun:






Valve cover:

[TSITurbo95]

A house oven (electric) will work better than the harbor freight oven. Also, as stated above, preheat your parts before you apply powder. It burns off the moister/chemicals, etc and the powder will stick better.

[Gamble97]

I don't have a 220v for an electric oven.

[TSITurbo95]

Don't you have a tig welder that uses 220?

[dsmtwins2g]

prep is everything when it comes to powdercoating,preheating the oven is a very good practice to do.
i also have the eastwood gun and get all my powders from them,i use my house oven since it does not get used.i also sandblast everything before i coat them.





also did my fuel rail metaillic purple





prep is everthing though,you will get the hang of it .

[Gamble97]

One thing I did notice is where I hang the part on the hook and then spray powder there is a bare spot, any tricks to get rid of this?
What media do you use in the cabinet?
And what nozzle is on that gun?

[dsmtwins2g]

i use safty wire you can get it from eastwood and i also use the little rubber plugs that you can plug the threaded holes to keep powder out,i usally try to hang whre through a bolt hole and it hides the mark and then i ground my clip to that wire.
i use class bead and 80grit media.
the nozzle is one of the three that came with the cabinet.

heres some examples

[Gamble97]

I need to find a place I can get those plugs at. What are they called? Wondering if I can order an assortment off ebay?

[TSITurbo95]

Eastwood or powderbuythepound has them.

[KyDSM]

Did you powder anything else? Post pics!

[talon2gbuyer]

thats pretty sick man. nice job

[talon2gbuyer]

want to make some money? lol