mkr5000 wrote:
Ah -- so basically you can create a liquid plastic, heat your part,
dip it and you're done ? ! This sounds too good to be true. Do you
use the regular powder coatings and just mix with water and aerate
gently ?

This sounds cool -- sure don't like that damn dry powder.


Not quite.

Powder paint is actually nothing more than very finely ground thermoset
plastic.
A fluidized bed uses air coming through the powder to make it act just
like a liquid paint. You can use them for a few things.
In this situation you can either preheat the part, dip it then bake it
OR you can charge the bed ground the part and dip it that way, then bake.

The first option gets used by a lot of DIYer because it takes less
equipment and does a good job, the only problem is that it will give you
a thicker coat which actually isn't a good thing as thick powder likes
to chip easily.

You do NOT add any liquids to powder coat. Doing so will ruin the powder
unless you have a way to dry and sift it back to powder.

--
Steve W.