At Home Powder Coating
 

Anyone here do powder coating at home.

i just started doing parts for my 1:1 and work and I'm just wondering what everyone else uses for guns and ovens.

I am not sure if they still sell them or not , but Sears actually sold a kit at one time that included a gun , and the powder . You use your oven , as long as the wife doesn't find out

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Well I have a household oven in my shop. I have great results with a HF gun and alot of compressor tweaking. I am just wondering if anyone has gone to a larger oven and such. I know that in the RC world larger is not needed buy I'm curious.

My oven was a freebe and we get freebe's all the time as we collect scrap metal to fund our projects. I get an oven or 2 a year so elements are seay to come by.

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I got one of the Eastwood kits a while back. I have not had a chance to use it yet because I have to figure out an oven situation but everything seems to be of good quality. I recently discovered an old 220v line for an old electric dryer so I think I am going to search craigslist for a junk electric oven to use as the larger 110v stuff is expensive!

Oh and for the record, you should not ever powder coat in an oven that you plan to cook food in!

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I've been using an Eastwood gun and powders for quite awhile. I have a dedicated household oven in my garage as well. It works great and now I hate to paint anything. You have to adjust your technique from the directions a bit with smaller parts, but it's pretty easy.

I'd like to get a larger dedicated oven, but for right now the house oven works fine.

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Ya, my oven is dedicated to powder coating.

I'm happy with the way it works I just want bigger as I'm getting requests to do dirt bike parts and rims. And only hanging 1 or 2 things in the oven at a time seams to be wasteful of energy.

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Have you thought of some of the lamps they have out? Not sure how even they would heat things, but it seems they can do larger parts without the space needed for a larger oven.

I wish I had a larger oven too, but I think I'd have to have a business to justify the expense and size.

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my father in law bought a kit from harbor freight tools and it seems to do a decent job and we just use a toaster oven but we only do small parts.

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I've seen lamps but I fearin my cold shop (I don't heat it if I'm only out there for a bit) they would be too uneven.

I'm thinking this. We have a local Sheet Metal Factory that we have ties with through work so If I go scrap bin diving it's no prob.
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I have another stove sitting behind the shop and a friend giving me one so elements are easy to come by.

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i've seen a couple guys take two household ovens, cut the top out of one, cut the bottom out of the other and weld them one on top of the other. take the two doors and weld them together to fit. they work great, but looks kinda funny. but hey, we are from oklahoma!!

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I took a 275 oil barrel/tank and cut the end off and hinged it.
Wrapped the entire tank with stone wool insulation.
Added a heating element and thermostat from a household kitchen oven and it works awesome.
Easily fits Harley frames, truck bumpers etc.

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We have been talking, joking about welding ovens together. now that we are not the only ones, Might just have to do it."thumbsup"

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Hmmmm That sounds easy!

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These guys been building ovens for ages, have a look into Heatgun oven you will need to change dimensions but im sure theyd work for what you want.

Bamboo Rodmaking Tips - Tips Area - Machines - Ovens

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a cheap way to make a oven bigger for cheap
My Pregnant Oven

i use to have my own powder coating business i ran 2 ovens like this and a large 8 foot tall one i ran on propane
HF guns good for 2 coats best gun i ran was a koolkoat 3.0 very nice gun if your lookin to make profit. but if you guys are using the cheap guns for best results heat the part at 25 degrees above what you plan to cook your part at ex. if your going to bake at 380 preheat your part 400 let it cool down to 75-80 degrees coat your part and bake at 380 you will get a perfect finish no out gassing and wont have issues with powder not sticking in small corners

also get a 8foot grounding rod and run it in the ground and run a wire from it to your part as well you never get good ground from your wall sockets

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Ya I saw that. I think I would still rather build one like the link if had.
I have done some small welded assemblies for work. 1 coat, matte black turned out great. It was nice to assemble the unit on the bench and the paint came off the bench, not the part!
What would the big benifit of a grounding rod be?

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a good ground is the key thing to making the powder stick evenly like in tight spots or sharp edges works best when doing 2nd coats for candy colors

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I thought the negative charge created by the powder gun was enought. This wil help? Cool thanks.

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yes some times your wall socket ground isnt the best also preheating and spraying on a surface thats about 80 degrees also helps with powder sticking good

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this was done with the HF gun
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...2/IMG_5433.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...2/IMG_5439.jpg
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...2/IMG_5436.jpg

smooth as glass
with candy red and a zinc primer on the first coat


this is the same valve cover with out using the grounding rod
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...2/DSCN3458.jpg
its lighter around the edges