New to powdercoating oven built.

[Guest]

Here's one I just built, not much to look at but working pretty good so far. 40"x40"x60" Just trying to figure out what powders work good, I use the caswell adjustable gun, so far I like it.

[wiseguyz]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Welcome to the forum. The oven looks good. PBTP has all kinds of powder that will do a fine job for you, as does Tiger, NIC, Eastwood, and lots of others. You're on your way to lots of fun, frustration, and education.

Best of luck.

[JW450R1]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

yes,welcome to the forum.what have u done so far?....

[Guest]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Oven looks great!

What items do you plan on coating>?

Maybe we can help you with what powder would work best for your application.

[peak-j]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Thanks guys, looks like there's a bunch of nice guys around here. I've just been doing little pieces right now, clutch levers for 4 wheelers, sprocket, and some scrap metal pieces. Just stuff to get practice with, I will mostly be doing 4 wheeler parts, and motorcycle parts. I'm waiting on more powder from another company before I try too much. Trying to find what powder works the best for me. I've had a few pieces that wanted to orange peel, they weren't too bad, but I'm picky. Been practicing wet sanding and polishing it back out. Thanks for the replies.

[peak-j]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Here's a couple pics, I'm guessing the powders light.

[Guest]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Test Panels are a great tool to use.

I would spray 3 panels.

Everyone considers light and heavy coats different from others. I would spray 3 different panels to what you think would be light, medium, and heavy coats. Use the same color.

If you decided to do this please post them.

[peak-j]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

The black part pretty much has the same texture of op. that the red on has, the black did have a few pits in it but it does have op.

[peak-j]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

Okay, I use glass beads and blast everything, right now I have been using automotive paint thinner to clean parts after I blast them.
Wipe them down good, then I run my little butane torch across them real quick to burn any fuzzies off. The gun was set on 35Kv, and
about 6 -7 inches away. The black really wants to come out of the gun in spurts, not fluidizing very good. I sprayed some black again tonight a little heavier and it turned out better, just not perfectly smooth. Thank for the help guys

[peak-j]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

After using acetone, do you need to put it in the oven for a little bit or just let it air dry?

[wiseguyz]

Re: New to powdercoating oven built.

You can do it either way. Air drying is fine, but the oven is a bit faster. Just use common sense when putting anything of a combustible nature like that in an oven. Lower heat and no open flame.