I bought one of these home Powder Coating systems from Eastwood and am very
pleased with the results.
The best use other than the usual solid colors like black was the application
of a metallic stamped steel coating color. I used this "color" on many of my
previously rusty wire harness clamps and other small brackets which were a
little rusty originally.
Initially I cleaned them up and painted them silver. After several years they
corroded again. The silver paint apparently doesn't seal very well even with
primer. Then I sandblasted them and powder coated with the "stamp steel" and
they look great!
The Eastwood set needs 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I bought a very rough
apartment oven for $40 which I set out in my shop. For some reason my wife
wasn't too keen on me using her kitchen oven.
I have used this mainly on small brackets and other items which fit into the
oven. The long items would still need to be taken to a pro shop. (BTW not a
good idea to powder coat front suspension parts like uprights and A arms
because you can not see cracks under the plastic coating)
Jeff Warner
San Antonio, TX
>>> Phil Trenholme <dim1@home.com> 2/13/01 3:42:44 PM >>>
Anyone have experience with this or a similar product? Can it actually
be done in a home shop with decent results? Hope this is not considered
spam. No connection w/ Harbor Freight other than owning lots of their
"junk".
Phil
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42181&cid=307759
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