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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Powder Coated my spare wheel

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:33 PM

I just got me a powder coating system, I bought the craftsman setup, don't need a compressor to run the gun. I dedided to coat my spare wheel for my spare tire. Never done this before but it seems straight forward and pretty easy. The hardest part is preparing the piece to be coated.

Anyway heres some pics. of the process

The wheel all masked off ready to take some powder

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Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:34 PM

The powder is applied and ready for the oven to cure

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Posted by: Mueller Feb 13 2006, 03:35 PM

damn.....I thought by the 1st picture you powdercoated it green

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:35 PM

After it cooled in the oven while the oven was cooling down, I heard this is the best way to do it, let the piece cool down in the oven as the oven is cooling down.

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Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:36 PM

Now just a bit of sanding an polishing and the wheel is ready to go

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Posted by: Mueller Feb 13 2006, 03:38 PM

so how does the powder get applied w/no compressor?

Posted by: maf914 Feb 13 2006, 03:39 PM

What kind of masking tape is that? I was surprised to see it go through the oven heat cycle.

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:45 PM

The gun has its own fan system for blowing the powder out of the cup its put into, the trigger is a variable speed trigger so you can control how much powder is being applied, its a great unit it looks like a blow drier.

After reading a thread on the PP 911 board I went a bought one. Good thread on the product.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=250503&highlight=powder+coating

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:52 PM

The masking tape is high temp masking tape from 3M

Posted by: yarin Feb 13 2006, 03:53 PM

The most difficult part of setting your system up is getting an oven to dedicate to power coating. I wish I had 220V in my garage. You don't want the oven in your house, the fumes are BAD.

Ok... that is 2nd on the list. First is cleaning your material, getting rid of all the crud. Sandblasting works wonderfully once the material has been scrubbed down.

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 03:58 PM

Couple more items I coated over the weekend

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Posted by: Eric_Shea Feb 13 2006, 06:01 PM

I'll be right over.

Posted by: tat2dphreak Feb 13 2006, 06:54 PM

I'm so Jealous... those pieces look awesome!

Posted by: 736conver Feb 13 2006, 07:30 PM

QUOTE
You don't want the oven in your house, the fumes are BAD.

Even in my 2 car garage the fumes get bad. During the winter I leave the door open.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Feb 13 2006, 07:44 PM

how much is the rig to powdacoat?

Posted by: yarin Feb 13 2006, 09:46 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 13 2006, 05:44 PM)
how much is the rig to powdacoat?

http://www.columbiacoatings.com/Chicago_Electric.htm

I bought this about two years ago. As cheap as $70. It gets the job done.

Craftsman makes one that doens't need a compressor. Haven't tried that one.

Posted by: yarin Feb 13 2006, 09:47 PM

Stratplayer... how did you do the intake plenum? Did u take it down to bare metal? Or scrape off the gunk and powder over the existing paint?

Posted by: alpha434 Feb 13 2006, 09:54 PM

Huh? I want green fuches now.

Posted by: Aaron Cox Feb 13 2006, 09:55 PM

how much powder is needed to do a wheel?

i want to do my cookie cutters in bright red.....

Posted by: Gint Feb 13 2006, 09:57 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Feb 13 2006, 08:55 PM)
how much powder is needed to do a wheel?

i want to do my cookie cutters in bright red.....

About a tablespoon to do what Jim did here. Couple three tblsp to do an entire wheel face. Maybe 4-5 to do the entire wheel. At the most.

Posted by: nbscooters Feb 13 2006, 10:07 PM

I got a nifty powder coater from harbor freight for about 90 bucks. Got my hands on an oven and the most beatiful looking pieces came out. The only problem is that paint usually comes in 25 and 50 pound cartons and you have to buy the whole carton. You can paint ALOT of stuff though!!

Posted by: Aaron Cox Feb 13 2006, 10:13 PM

QUOTE (nbscooters @ Feb 13 2006, 09:07 PM)
I got a nifty powder coater from harbor freight for about 90 bucks. Got my hands on an oven and the most beatiful looking pieces came out. The only problem is that paint usually comes in 25 and 50 pound cartons and you have to buy the whole carton. You can paint ALOT of stuff though!!

let me know if you want a little business from a local

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 10:22 PM

I used jasco on the plenum to remove all the paint on it, I let the jasco stay on overnight. Once all the paint was gone I sprayed it with some phosphoric prep & etch, can get at home depot. Cleaned it off real good, let it dry completely and then I coated it.

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 13 2006, 10:25 PM

You can buy as little as 2oz. of coating from columbia coatings, thats where I get all my powders from. I started with just 2 oz. so far I've coated a wheel, plenum, and gauge bezel and I still have plenty left, I'm going to order about 8 oz. of the satin black from them.

www.columbiacoatings.com

Posted by: Travis Neff Feb 14 2006, 10:38 PM

Cooking parts! Looks great.

Posted by: smdubovsky Feb 15 2006, 08:28 AM

http://www.eastwoodco.com/

You can buy their powders in various sizes from 8oz to 50lbs. No affiliation, yada yada.

Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 15 2006, 01:33 PM

Some more powder coating magic, the airbox is finished

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Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 15 2006, 01:34 PM

another

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Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 26 2006, 11:52 PM

Making some progess, more Stuff that is coated.

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Posted by: StratPlayer Feb 26 2006, 11:53 PM

last one for now

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Posted by: shaggy Feb 27 2006, 12:28 AM

are you coating everything you own???

dam...how did you do the air box? that isnt stock is it?

did you do fuel rails?

how did you clean the tin prior to paint?

-shag

Posted by: StratPlayer Mar 14 2006, 12:47 PM

Yes that is the stock air box, I stripped all the paint off of everything, the preping is the hardest part of the job, a good prep job will yield you a great powdercoating job. Yes I did do the fuel rails, the tin and the airbox were stripped using jasco to remove all the old paint. Once I was satisfied with the prep work then I coated everything.

Posted by: alpha434 Mar 14 2006, 12:53 PM

Looks sharp.

Posted by: yarin Mar 14 2006, 02:18 PM

Excellent results!

I like the two tone intake runners. Very nice job!

Here are pics of the stuff I did last week:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=47725&hl=powder

One thing I noticed to beware of... the intake plenum acts as a path to ground. So make sure you scrape away the required paths. I know for a fact that fast idle valve is grounded to the block through the intake manifold. That's all I could find on my setup. Just a heads up.