Going To Start Powder Coating This Week

[B5 Charger]

Well I finally broke down and bought a powder coating setup.  All of the stuff arrived on Thursday and I am in the process of wiring the 220 outlet for my oven.  Hopefully I will have things up and running by tomorrow night so I can coat something and see if it is really all that everyone makes it out to be.  I will keep you posted if anyone is interested.

[Silver R/T]

good luck, post some pics of setup when done

[B5 Charger]

I lucked out and found an old oven at a flea market for $35.00..   The bad news is that it took me all week to clean it and repair a few things like the thermostat relay.   All in all with cleaning supplies and everything I only spent about $50.00 total on my oven.   I removed all of the surface burners and trashed them along with the upper element in the oven.   Basically anything that wasn't necessary to bake a powder coated part was taken out and trashed.   I installed six eye-bolts in the top of the oven to hang coated parts from.   I also cut down three pieces of 1/4" steel rod that I can thread through the eye bolts to make my suspension system morer versatile.   I am in the process of coating my brake booster backing plate so I'll post updates as things progress.   I included a pic of my flea market oven.

[Silver R/T]

cool, ive got oven that I can have for free. only thing is space where to put it, then I can powdercoat anything thatll fit in oven

[B5 Charger]

Here is a pic of the setup I got from Eastwood.  I got the delux Hot Coat kit and 11 different powder color for $196.00 including shipping.  Not too bad in my opinion.

[B5 Charger]

Here is a before picture of my brake booster backing plate.  I'll post an after pic when I get it coated and cured.

[B5 Charger]

Here is the finished product after being bead blasted and powder coated with high gloss black.

[MoparYoungGun]

[Silver R/T]

nice work, will you do whole suspension?

[B5 Charger]

I'll do anything that will fit in my oven.   

[BigBlockSam]

nice, gotta put oven on my list for the new garage. thanks for sharing. Rene

[MyMopar]

WOW, you can come ove rand clean my oven.  That oven sure looks to be old, maybe as old as your car, no wait, it isn't avacoda green 

[B5 Charger]

You should have seen how disgusting that oven was before I cleaned it!  Lots of Easy-Off,  a putty knife and a weeks worth of elbow grease to get that sucker clean.  But hey I couldn't beat the price unless it was free.

[MyMopar]

A bit off topic (just a bit) but I just got a flyer and Sears Craftsman has come out with its own powder coating system!  Can you believe that, of course it is just a gun and it has no info on the type of powder to use or where to buy it from.

[chargermick]

I have noticed that most people use an electric oven for powder coating, is there any reason not to use a gas oven? Can anyone guess what type of oven I might be able to get?lol

[Troy]

I have noticed that most people use an electric oven for powder coating, is there any reason not to use a gas oven? Can anyone guess what type of oven I might be able to get?lol

Because gas has an open flame and fresh powder coating is flammable. As a matter of fact, you aren't even supposed to use a shop vac to clean up extra powder since the static electricity can ignite it.

Troy

[chargermick]

Glad I asked!!! Thanks Troy.

[cudaken]

 Have you done any other parts? Looks pretty good in the PIC.

                                     Cuda Ken

[six-tee-nine]

well that' a great idea.....

I'm planning to renew my kitchen and i already know what to do with my old oven.......

[Silver R/T]

I have noticed that most people use an electric oven for powder coating, is there any reason not to use a gas oven? Can anyone guess what type of oven I might be able to get?lol

Because gas has an open flame and fresh powder coating is flammable. As a matter of fact, you aren't even supposed to use a shop vac to clean up extra powder since the static electricity can ignite it.

Troy

didnt know that, but I wonder how it doesnt ignite when you bake it at 425+ degrees

[Troy]

I have noticed that most people use an electric oven for powder coating, is there any reason not to use a gas oven? Can anyone guess what type of oven I might be able to get?lol

Because gas has an open flame and fresh powder coating is flammable. As a matter of fact, you aren't even supposed to use a shop vac to clean up extra powder since the static electricity can ignite it.

Troy

didnt know that, but I wonder how it doesnt ignite when you bake it at 425+ degrees

I don't know what powder coating you're baking at 425 but that's a lot higher than most recommend. An open flame or a spark is much different than just making something hot when you're talking about fine powder in the airstream. You know regular cooking flour is flammable too right?

Troy

[bull]

Hey throw in a pizza next time. Wonder what that'd taste like?

[ChargerRob]

  Pizza.  The part looks great. 

[PocketThunder]

Can you take the oven doors off two ovens, and put them face to face, insulate the seam, and powder coat a k-frame?   

[dodgecharger-fan]

You be better off making a double walled oven out of sheetmetal with insulation in between and mounting a couple oven elements in the bottom.

You can make it what ever size you need - without getting too crazy. The bigger the oven, the bigger the elements needed.

I've seen some good plans. I'll see if I can run them down for ya.