At 03:30 PM 9/11/2007, Arvid Jedlicka wrote:
>Those of you using the powder coating systems - What are you using for curing?
I started with a small toaster oven from Salvation Army and a IR
lamp, quickly moved up to a old kitchen stove and then moved up to a
BIG oven.
The toaster oven was good for very small parts and the IR lamp
worked but it required constant supervision, you have to move it
every 5-6 minutes to a new spot and constantly have to move it in-out
to prevent overheating. I believed incorrectly that since curing
takes 20-30 minutes that I could walk away but after the first area
was hot, the second area that the light would hit was near temp
already with part of it at curing temp, so you end up moving
constantly. It required too much supervision, it also took forever,
both sides of my front axle took about 6 hours and its a small Brit
car axle...now I just slide the axle in the oven go have a drink and
come back a few hours later after the oven has shut off and cooled.
Yes, the IR lamp can do it...but I would never use one again if I
can avoid it. The regular kitchen oven worked nicely for most
smaller parts and I still have it for those times when I only have
one or 2 small parts.
I like to do it all myself, that is why I call it my hobby, my
hobby is not taking a car apart and having someone else fix it...I
have made money with the big oven also but its still a long ways from
being paid for :)
mike
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