novass

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..... because no one will see it, but I will!!!

I got into powder coating! I am in the process of rebuilding my transmission so I figured I powder coat it candy blue!

Here a few pics:

Bell housing cleaned:


Bell housing coated with mirror chrome:


Bell housing preped for second coat (blue):



bell housing coated with powder:



Tail shaft housing in oven:

novass

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I think it will be cool!!

Ryknow86

that is amazing! did you buy all the powercoating equipment and all the oven and stuff? How much did that run you? :hail:

Cruzin Kaz

Looks awesome!!! If you dont' mind me asking...what did you pay for the Powder kit????

novass

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Yes bought equipment, harbor freight gun, $59.

Already had compressor.

Electric Oven (has to be electric), Free

novass

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The powder:
$20 for 2 lbs of mirror chrome (way more than I needed I have at least 1.75 lbs left for other jobs)

$15 for 1 lb of candy blue top coat (I have about half left)

plus hi temp masking tape $16 (plenty left over)

Gord

That looks so awsome :hail:

Cruzin Kaz

Some more info on the gun please?? I already have a compressor and the oven. Just need to get myself the gun and the powder now.

Thanks.

novass

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Here is their on line store: $69 , cheaper at their local store on sale:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=42802

Oven must be dedicated to only powder coating and out in a garage, because toxic fumes must be vented.

Cruzin Kaz

Thanks! I appreciate it. I do have a oven strcktly for the garage already that my father-in-law gave me, so yes it will stricktly be for powdercoating and baking finishes with ceramic too.

EvilCartman

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Turned out freakin awesome looking

Jgolden314

that looks just amazing. It is really sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!

OutLaw305

hope i dont sound too stupid but what exactly if the benifit of powder coating?Is it more durable or something?

novass

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1. Looks, Yah I know who sees it.... Me and probably the guy that has to inspect my car.

2. Probably more importantly for me it will make it easy to clean, I like to keep the undercarrage of my car clean also. The powder coating is very tough, won't chip easily, and is slick, will easily clean off. I don't have to worry about the aluminum oxidizing.

3. Practice for parts of the car that will be more visable.

bytal

ya man, that looks bitchin':hail:

SuperchargedRS

The details are what make the car...awesome.

MetalliCamaroRS

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That is one awesome looking transmission.

grngryoutmyway

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Holy Blue ***** Batman

thats fin awsome!!

nolanr0413

that looks really awesome, i love it , i wish i had the money and **** to be able to get that . It really looks awesome.

FLYNLOW92rs

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Sweet......:hail:

Your family thinks your crazy.....I'm in the same boat here, 80% of the population would rather spend money on anything but their car.....

87Formula4bbl

Gotta love powder coating! That looks really good! I think PC is the best coating ever.

br()bert

damn wish i could powder coat my whole car

MdFormula350

:hail: thats sweet!

Agent13

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Wow that looks awesome!

Yeah my family thinks I'm crazy too but who cares !

Justins86bird

Looks sweet! :hail:

KBeez

That is awesome!! I didn't realize a do-it-yourself powdercoat could be so cheap and turn out so good! That's simply amazing.

Hey, given you have a big enough oven available, is there any reason why one wouldn't want to powdercoat a rear axle like that?

JeremyNYR

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Awesome job! I'm pretty close to you in Cheektowaga. Would you possibly be interested in coating my headers sometime? I'd pay you for it of course. A couple of us in the Buffalo area have been trying to get a group of people together. I already met with one other guy with a nice RS and we'll be trying to get together again when the weather is bearable. PM or e-mail me if you're interested.
-Jeremy

HaroGt14

:hail: AMAZING:hail:

That is just simply freaking awesome. I love that so much, get some pics when you install it too!

Sean

kretos

damn i love the look of powder coating.

that is one sweet looking tranny man:hail:

novass

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There is no reason that you could not do a rear axle, However, you would need one big *** oven or one of these infered heaters. I have seen them as cheap as $300.

TimRS

Who cares if no one will see it. That looks awesome. Nice job.

burroughs

It does look good. I can just imagine a tranny shop pulling it out an saying "holy freakin Sh#T! that's awesome!"

Firechick

My parents think I'm only into Firebirds. .......I like Can Ams, GTOs, Parisiennes........ (They really do too.) Awesome powda' coating job!! The casing and bell housing looks sweet. It's all in the details my friend,all in the details.

novass

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Powercoating is like an addiction, every thing I pick up I think to myself can this be coated? It sure beats the stink of spray painting an having to wait for it to dry. After the part comes out of the oven, its done!
I have even made up little jigs to hold the bolts so I can coat the heads and do like 10 at a time.

I even poweder coated the flywheel. My machinest staired at it for like a minute and said, what is this stuff??.. it sure the hell aint paint! Then we got into a 10 min discussion on how it is done. Picked up the surfaced flywheel from the shop and another guy grilled me on how it was done also. They are amazed at how simple a process it really is.

Z dude

just plain awesome work! I'll send you directions to my house ...I got some powder coating to be done J/K

keep up the nice work!

UmmaGumma

Absolutely incredible... That's the same color as my car!!!

How long did each piece take and at what temp?

novass

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the candy blue is two layers. first chrome metalic 10 min at 450 and 20min at 400. After cooling and application of 2nd color (blue) 15 min at 400.

Diabolical

what temperature is the process done at? how do you tape off areas you don't want coated?

novass

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see my post above.

They sell a special "green" tape that can withstand the temp. Just mask off before powder coating. After it comes out of oven peal tape off.... Also, You can use silicone plugs, that you place in holes or over studs, that can take the heat and prevent power on those areas.

WillWood

That looks awesome, makes me wanna get some equipment to do it.

UmmaGumma

Amen to that...

My family used to be in the pizza business (about 35 years ago in Chicago right before I was born) and still has a very large pizza oven.

It works too. It's probably about 8ft wide and 5 ft deep. I'm going to see if I can get my Uncle to haul it down here when he moves to AZ this spring.

novass

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You could do some serious **** with that oven!!

devianb

Doesn't sound at all crazy to me. If I could I would power coat every peice of black metal on the car if not polished.

That trans looks pretty nice. Even though no one will see it, whenever you or someone changes the oil or works under the car, the trans will make working under there a little more pleasing, at least thats how I would look at it.

OutLaw305

i got a question...

anyone think powdercoating exhaust tubes would be a good idea? Im guessing it would be able to withstand the heat.. and look a hell of a lot better....

anybody wanna chime in?

novass

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I think that tailpipes could probably handle the heat, however, pipes before and after the cat, I don't think so. They do make a black powder coat that can handle 1000+, in that case Yes. Other wise I would say ceramic coat. The question would be getting exhaust pipes in an oven (size..) or you woud have to find a IR heater like I posted above.

bnoon

I know how you feel. When I got my system three years ago, I powder coated everything in sight to test out the colors (I had to for the online business I used to run). I ended up with translucent grape garden tools!

Now that I'm working on an LT1 conversion, I'll be doing gloss red to go with the Corvette engine covers to look like an LT4 set up. I'll be using the high temp powder for the headers too, probably in black or the dull white... Who knows...

For anyone else out there, it really is just about that easy to make any metal part look that good. Just remember to start with a totally clean part, then pre-bake it at 450 to outgass it. Outgassing gets rid of the gasses that escape from the metal when heated. Prebaking releases the gas before the powder is on the metal, otherwise you end up with bubbles and fish eyes everywhere. Prebake heavy metals (steels/alloys) for 20-30 mintes, light metals (aluminum/copper/etc) for 10-20.

novass

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Well I have got the whole thing put back together and rebuilt! I even powder coated all of the bolt heads black for a nice contrast. I'll post a pick when I get a chance.

novass

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pic

PyRo9862

He said its got to be an electric stove, might want to look into that. I think most pizza ovens are gas?

UmmaGumma

actually.. I called my uncle the other day to check and he confirmed, it's definitely electric! it's got 2 giant 220 chords coming from it!

I can't wait!

BTW.. that tranny is just SICK..:hail: