I just bought a little powder coating rig from Eastwood. I did the shock tower braces in whats called reflective chrome, and I think they turned out nice. I just wish I had a big enough oven to fit my bumpers in. I wonder how hard it would be to make my own big oven? Cheers
looks pretty good, i was going to do the same thing, but took them off before i sent it to paint so i could get that done, and some how lost them in my garage???
I have been coating for about 15 yrs and yes you can use infrared heat lamps but it is very time consuming and sometimes does not give the best results. If you do decide to use lamps you also have to get a infrared temp gun to monitor the temp of the metal, and move the light closer or farther away to get the recommended metal temp or you can burn the powder or not fully cure it.
No, it"s a one shot deal. you need a nice clean etched surface for the powder to stick stick to. otherwise it"ll just fall off before you can get it in the oven.
Gmatthew76, I used to sell commercial ovens, and the cost for you to build one to put your bumpers in(and have them come out looking as nice as your supports) would be more expensive than just having them done at a shop. That Chrome poweder coat looks nice.........I saw it for the first at the coaters back in 2007...............nice job! 71Gold, Yes, you can triple coat with powder coat although usually when they are going to do more than one coat you only flash dry the first two coats and soak at normal length for the 3rd. I had this done for my hotrod frame, but that was because I wanted to hide the pits caused from rust.
also thinking... would it be a good idea to coat the part with two coats of some color (red, black, green, ets...ets) to fill pits and then do the chrome for the last coat... or would 3 coats of chrome do the same thing (fill)...
Remember that this is like paint, when it's put electrostatically each coat can be around3/5 mil thick...........the more you put on the thicker it gets. One word of warning here, if the pitting is very deep it's going to take a LOT of coats to hide it. I have heard that there is some type "filler" you can apply that acts like bondo but will be compatible with certain types of coating.
If anyone knows of a filler that can be used under powder coat I'd like to know about it. Have some pitted pot metal bezels that I'd like to get powder coated.
