Hi Listers;
We shoudn't lose sight of the fact that powdercoating requires the use of a
sandblaster to prepare the metal. Before we rush out to wire our ovens,
perhaps we should check the state of our blast cabinets. My feeling is
that while I love powdercoating, the size of parts we can do in a small
oven doesn't really save us, compared to the price of having a box full of
small bits done at the professional's shop. If you are doing continuous
restoration, it might be justifiable but you should examine the cost of
appropriate cabinet, compressor, media, bake facility. Compare this with
the cost of having work commercially blasted then home powdercoated,
especially when we know that the powdercoater includes blasting as part of
the price.
John
>This is a great idea, but a real concern I have is getting it from wherever
>you paint it into a rack or something in the oven without messing up the
>painted area. I know I don't have an oven that I can hang parts in, so I'd
>have to lay them down on the painted surface to bake them. It would smudge
>them. When they do it professionally, they are apinted in the oven, never
>touched after painting. Then they walk outside and turn on the oven.
>
>That said, I would love to be able to powder coat at home, but don't think
>it would come very good because of the logistics of moving the part and
>trying to get it into the oven and baking without touching the painted area.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas, because I'd still love to buy one if I could
>convince myself that it was realistic.
>
>At 02:03 PM 1/8/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Listers I am sure that none of you have ever had this happen to you
>>before, BUT, called Eastwood this A.M. with their brand new catalogue in
>>hand, full color cover of home powder-coating system, sir it's on
>>"BACK-ORDER", they have not arrived yet, about 2/3 weeks. I had no idea
>>Eastwood also sold LBC parts !!
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