"John P." wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:35:11 -0400, "Steve W."
wrote:
What do you have as a booth and oven?
What brand of gun?
Well, I should start by saying that I have a guy that has done all of
my powder coating for me. He is quite good and that is all he does.
Having said that, sometimes I have small things that it would make
sense if I just did them myself... so, I just purchased the new Sears
powder coating gun
(
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...Yes&vertical=T
OOL&pid=00917288000)
and was planning on an infrared heater. I must say that the one at
Columbia Coatings
(
http://www.columbiacoatings.com/1152...45erfrg5467.ht
m)
looks very nice.
As far as a booth is concerned, I don't have one. Was planning on
just shooting it in my garage and using some sort of a drop cloth to
provide a backdrop and then vacuum up the remnants.
Again, if I get anything substantial to do I'll take it to my pro. But
hopefully no one sees any issues with me doing small, non-complex
stuff at home in my garage?
Thanks,
John P.
Not a problem except you will lose a lot of powder into the air. Make
sure there are no open flames or sparks, powder in the air can ignite
like fuel or many other dusts. Spent 12 years doing powder and liquid
and have seen powder ignite twice. Once out of the gun (acted like a
flame thrower) and once when a reclaim flashed (blew the filters off and
knocked the guy out of the booth).
I would knock together a small booth (or cheat and find an older
tub/surround and use it) just to keep the powder out of the air. Plus if
you wipe the walls down with a dry cloth before you coat the parts you
can then wipe the extra powder down and reuse it. Infrared is Ok but you
have to keep turning the part to ensure even curing of the powder.
Keep in mind that there are two things that make a good powder coat. The
item MUST be VERY clean, sandblasting prior to coating is best unless it
has thin metal that will warp. The temperature for curing must be kept
VERY stable or the powder will damage easily.
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