I have the Eastwood gun and also purchased the HF unit on a super sale. I find
the Eastwood gun easier to control the amount of powder. The HF gun seems to
want more air pressure to work properly, and dumps powder out faster. It also
makes a difference what powder one uses. I bought a lot from
supluspowdercoatings.com and some of the blends are much finer than what
Eastwood sells.
The thought of moving that curing lamp around a big item a little at a time
convinced me that painting would actually be faster, so that's what I've done
on bigger things, utilizing POR-15, rustoleum and urethanes, at various times.
If I truly wanted a frame powder coated, I reasoned that I would be better off
taking it to the local guy to have him do it. In the home environment with the
portable heat source, you
need at least 20 minutes at full temperature to cure it at each area. How many
areas or stops do you need to do a frame? I think lots. A day's worth at
least?
Nolan Penney wrote:
> Before I go and buy the Harbor Freight powder coating gun I had a question
>about powder coating large pieces, like my truck frame. Can I do it with a
>heat gun or a torch? I certainly can't take the frame and stuff it in the
>kitchen oven, even if I were to make a pregnant oven modification. While I
>could get the powder onto the frame, how do I cure it? How have you folks
>cured big items you were powder coating?
>
> Worse news, I didn't know they had a store only a little over an hour away
>from my home. Uh oh, there goes all the pay checks!
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