John McEwen wrote:
>
> 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 !!
> >>
> >>John, blasting is the best & easiest way to prepare a item, but you can
also just strip it with paint remover or what ever, smaller parts are
much more expensive to do than larger parts. My local P/C shop will not
even talk to you about nuts & bolts anymore, to troublesome for him. When
the minimum charge is $25.00 it sure will pay for it self very quickly,
the one item that needs to be researched is buying the powder from
someone other than Eastwood, and I can give you the answer to that on
Mon.. The Powder Coat trade assoc. is located here in N. Va. and tomorrow
A.M. I will be on their door step looking for answers, like where can I
buy material in quantity, not small high price sizes. The main colors are
gloss black semi-gloss black and silver/gray. Believe me this home use is
very diffently the way to go and one/tenth the price.Been there done that
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