OT: Powder coating for dummies |
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OT: Powder coating for dummies |
ninefourteener |
May 8 2006, 12:06 PM
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Perfectly Normal Guy :) Group: Members Posts: 1,216 Joined: 3-June 03 From: St. Louis, MO Member No.: 779 |
So yesterday I was in Sears getting a new wheel for my lawnmower (don't ask)..... and I came across a powder coating gun for like $130 (ish) dollars.
Plus, I saw the little "packets" of colored powder for next to nothing..... and I thought to myself... "Is it really this easy and cheap"??? Am I missing something? I really know nothing about powder coating, other than the awesome final product. Is it really this easy? Am I missing something? I thought about powder coating the original wheels on the WRX in a satin black.... is a $130 gun, and a few packets of "black" all I need??? ----confused..... |
StratPlayer |
May 8 2006, 12:29 PM
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StratPlayer Group: Members Posts: 3,278 Joined: 27-December 02 From: SLC, Utah Member No.: 27 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I have the same powder coating gun. I bought it just a few months ago. Yes it is easy the hardest part is preparing the piece that is to be coated. A wheel will fit into a standard house stove oven. I didn't buy any of Sears powder, I bought my powder from Columbia Coatings. You can buy as little as 2 oz. of powder at a time from them, their powders are excellent. I have a thread about the first things that I coated. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?show...=powder+coating
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