Powder Coating
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Powder Coating
Looks really great on almost anything. You can buy a kit for under $300 except for the Oven.
What are the dangers associated with baking the thing in the kitchen?
What are the dangers associated with baking the thing in the kitchen?
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You definitely don't want to cook that stuff in the kitchen!
My experience has been depending on the color that stuff puts out a ton of smoke when it first starts to melt!
I cook in the garage in a toaster oven. I bought a new toaster oven of the house and took the old one down to the garage to cook powder coat in and it works great for small parts. It don't take long to get that stuff all over the inside of the oven either. I would run an add locally looking for an old cheap oven to put out in the garage just for cooking the powder coat.
Which kit are you looking at? I bought the Eastwood kit and for the price I'm very impressed with how well it works. Here is a link to the Line-Lock install I did and used the Eastwood kit to powder coat my bracket.
http://corvetteforum.shelor.net/Line_Lock
My experience has been depending on the color that stuff puts out a ton of smoke when it first starts to melt! I cook in the garage in a toaster oven. I bought a new toaster oven of the house and took the old one down to the garage to cook powder coat in and it works great for small parts. It don't take long to get that stuff all over the inside of the oven either. I would run an add locally looking for an old cheap oven to put out in the garage just for cooking the powder coat.Which kit are you looking at? I bought the Eastwood kit and for the price I'm very impressed with how well it works. Here is a link to the Line-Lock install I did and used the Eastwood kit to powder coat my bracket.
http://corvetteforum.shelor.net/Line_Lock
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Originally Posted by SpeedyZ
..... puts out a ton of smoke ...garage in a toaster oven. ...works great for small parts. Which kit are you looking at? I bought the Eastwood kit and for the price I'm very impressed with how well it works. ..used the Eastwood kit to powder coat my bracket.
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Originally Posted by ALLTHROTTLE&NOBOTTLE
Danger is you John..........we will talk tomorrow 
Which car you taking?
I plan on leaving about 6 AM. If you leave at 10 you should pass me about 1300
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Just another note on the powder. I have found that Eastwoods prices are way up there on their powder. Of course in small qualities you expect to pay a premium but they still seem quite high. I just had a bar powder coated at a local powder coater that does a lot of industrial coating. I had the bar done in bright red and I asked if I could buy some powder from him so it would match when I do the little brackets and stuff. He said sure, the red powder was $2.00 per pound! Eastwood gets like $15.00 for 8 ounces! This guy was telling me that white powder was the highest costing powder and it was about double the cost of red so it was about $4.00 per pound. I have not found any good source other than this guy but I do plan on get a few milk jugs full of powder from him.
I also seen where Sears is selling a powder coat kit now and it looked pretty good. Looked better quality than the Eastwood kit. The Eastwood kit looks pretty cheesy but it does work well.
I also seen where Sears is selling a powder coat kit now and it looked pretty good. Looked better quality than the Eastwood kit. The Eastwood kit looks pretty cheesy but it does work well.
