Hey Alan, I'm playing with the powder coating on a daily basis. Bought an
old stove for $50 and put it under the car port. Still learning the tricks,
but the oven works great and will handle things as big as wheels and intake
manifolds. John
Alan Myers wrote:
> Listers,
>
> I just surfed over to www.eastwoodco.com because I've been contemplating
> getting one of their powder coating outfits. About the only thing
> stopping me was where I was going to put an oven in my garage to cure
> the various bits and pieces, plus the size limitations of any oven I'm
> likely to find (used) at a price I'm willing to pay (cheap!)...
>
> Lo & behold, in mid-April they will be offering a new product that looks
> pretty cool... well, bad word choice I suppose. It's an infra-red lamp
> set up for curing large powder coated parts! Kinda pricey at $450, but
> what a great idea! Heck, I may powder coat my TR4 frame after all! I may
> powder coat the whole dang car! And the dog, and the neighbor's cat!
> Maybe even the neighbor himself!
>
> But... $450??!! Shoot, if it were a guaranteed-go-fast part for the ole
> project car, it would be on order... I gotta talk myself into this one!
> Just thot you should know.
>
> Alan Myers
> San Jose, Calif.
> '62 TR4 CT17602L
>
> (all the usual vendor-related disclaimers apply)
>
> --
> MZ
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