I want to start powdercoating my own parts for my various projects, and I have a couple of questions for the guys who have been doing it for a while:


What kind of gun do you recommend? Will the cheap-looking Harbor Freight rig do a decent job, or is there a better one to get?

Where can you get the various colors of powder? How much powder does it take to do an average job, say, a carb intake?

Is it really as easy as it sounds, or is there an "art" to it that will take time to learn?

Thanks guys....

 

looks easy never done it yet.....

check out eastwood for equipment and supplies. they have some great products and the prices seem good...www.eastwoodco.com

jeff

 

I see this getting locked for non 3rdGen tech so E-mail me and I can give you all the info You need.


Chris@cecoatings.com
www.cecoatings.com

 

I don't see why....the first order of business is to powdercoat the StealthRam that's going in the RS when I swap her back to EFI.

The second order of business is to coat the intake and serp. brackets for Lisa.


I'll shoot you a mail anyway though. Thanks.

 

It's very easy to do. Check out a place called Caswell ...they have a fairly inexpensive kit that's supposed to be better than the Eastwood one. They carry many, many colors of powder as well.

 

Im still thinking about coating some TT2's, something like this :

Will the powder adhere to a chrome finish ?

 

If that caswell one is The Yellow Box and TOP feed its a a cheap POS. Been there done that. Ive used every gun on the market.


You will need to strip the chrome off the rims 1st.

 

Yep, that's the one. Looks just like the Harbor Freight gun.

I like the look of Eastwood's $99 gun....just wish it wasn't siphon feed. I'm not a big fan of siphon feed, at least for paint.

 

Both are the same. Esp if you seen em side by side.

they are ALL siphon feed including the Ones I use.
http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Equ...dsonSystem.jpg

http://www.cecoatings.com/images/Equ...NordsonGun.jpg

Heres a good link for ya also

http://www.powder-x.com/used_equipment.html

 

so is the Harbor freight one crap then ? whats so bad about it ? lol i just got one for christmas, hehh

 

Powder leaks past the seal on the cup and gun galore. You wast just as much powder and you use on a part.

Trigger likes to stick if air psi gets to low or too high.
I didnt like the foot pedal activation.

just little crap like that.. The powder was the main complaint.

 

did you try using some teflon tape ?

 

instead of a paint job on a car.. is it possible to get it powder coated? never heard of it being done, just wondered if it were doable. would be bad ***

 

You'd need a pretty big oven...

 

haha, yea i was just about to state that too.

maybe if Betty Crocker really does know what guys want she'll make one for us..

 

id imagine heat lamps would be prefable to a huge oven.



but no.. i wouldnt even try it..

on a small frame.. like a rodster frame... perhaps... but not the bodywork.

 

Not worth MY time and hassle... You would have to re Tape it every time you do a color change. add more powder etc.

Thats not sayin that gun wont be good for you. These are just my personal opinions..

 

It seems to me that powdercoating would be excellent for a car's exterior. Of course, you wouldn't be able to do our urethane bumpers or GFX pieces or anything, but the chassis could all be done with a rotisserie and heat lamps, at least in theory.

 

the prob is you have to bake the paint at 400* for 10 min after it starts to gloss and it may take some time for the glossing to start so at this point all your wires are mellted after that the clean coat wich needs to be baked at 340* for 15 min. i gess it is posiable if car is bear.