POWDERCOAT!!

OhNoA2.0 · Post by **OhNoA2.0** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:58 pm

So I just got done powdercoating my official first piece. I'm crazy excited to get into this more

I had a spare fuel rail laying around....why not?!

Sorry for the crappy pic. but the finish came out better than expected. I is happy

Its supposed to be Red but it came out more of and red-orange. Much experimentation will follow

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:29 pm

hahaha nice, interesting color

slaw · Post by **slaw** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:17 pm

hemi orange bay do i smell????? lol looks good, but i think its a bit bright of a color

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:22 pm

Hmmmm...I don't know. I've never liked painted fuel rails. I'd have to see it installed.

OhNoA2.0 · Post by **OhNoA2.0** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:49 pm

I like my blue fuel rail on my SXT. But I couldnt do an off-red in my RT. It wouldnt look right lol. Im gonna be messing around with a few different colors.

Should be fun

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 4:19 pm

Nice! I have a powdercoating gun myself. I love it.

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:30 pm

what chemistry of powder are you using? at what cure schedule? your color shift may be a result of overbaking the part

OhNoA2.0 · Post by **OhNoA2.0** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:38 pm

Thats a possibility, or the fact that it was sprayed on a chrome piece. idk. i cure for 20 mins as directed

sunburnedaz · Post by **sunburnedaz** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:52 pm

Where did you get your gun and powder?

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:29 pm

^harbor freight

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:59 pm

OhNoA2.0 wrote:Thats a possibility, or the fact that it was sprayed on a chrome piece. idk. i cure for 20 mins as directed

Chrome is fine to spray over.

What I do when we get chrome junk in to powder is just toss it in the blasting cabinet and give a light scuffing. I don't take all the chrome off, just scuff it and make sure the chrome isn't flaking or peeling and we powder right over the chrome.

We started out years ago with a harbor freight kit and an oven we found at a yard sale...and from there we moved on up and now we have big huge ovens and some pretty nice equipment.

OhNoA2.0 · Post by **OhNoA2.0** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:22 pm

Yeah, im looking for a cheap regular oven now. Right now Im using a George Forman toaster oven lmao. Needless to say, I can only coat small parts right now. Ive got some black chrome powder on the way from eastwood

hybrid-Srt2001 · Post by **hybrid-Srt2001** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:28 pm

it's the powder that is crap. the harbor freight stuff never comes out well. the stuff from summit racing is decent but i prefer to order from powder by the pound. their powder is of the highest quality.

pick up one of those infared temperature guns from harbor freight. they work well for the price. You should be basing your bake time off of the part surface temperature, not the time....

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 5:39 pm

We order some of our powder from Dupont and a few other places.

OhNoA2.0 · Post by **OhNoA2.0** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:02 pm

hopefully the stuff I ordered is decent. I gotta make a cheap sandblasting cabinet.