Powdercoating CRAZY!, PICS... very yellow Options

[yarin]

I finally got around to powdercoating some of the parts for my Megasquirt injection conversion. I used a Walmart GE $50 oven and media blasted everything a few weeks ago at my friend's place. Check out the pics. I kind of rushed it, there was some powder left over in the gun from a year ago and I didn't monitor the air compressor pressure close enough. Results are acceptable though (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) Took me 3 hours to powder all of this stuff.

I bought the powder and gun from http://www.columbiacoatings.com/ The yellow is super mirrow yellow. I still have to coat the injector brackets, fuel pump bracket, and fuel rails.

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[yarin]

QUOTE (jsteele22 @ Mar 11 2006, 11:09 AM)

Man, six bucks for that kind of shine ! I'm sure Brian Fellowes would have a comment on that. If folks are looking for a cheap oven, I'd say scope out the local thrift stores. Electric ovens don't break - they just get ugly and lose a knob or two. Last time I moved, I scored a washer AND drier for $35.

Yea can't argue with $6 in materials and those results.

Cheap ovens are easy to find. Problem is most people dont have 230V in their basement. The fumes from powdercoating are harazdous, the area needs to be properly ventilated. I put my oven on a table outside the garage when i was curing.