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Powder Coating - Application Equipment, Powders, and Learning Curve?

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Tuco:
Been thinking about getting into small parts DIY powder coating for future DIY projects, some hifi related and most outside hifi.  I already have some of the major equipment, including curing the parts.  For those who are powder coating chassis plates, transformer end bells, and other parts, what application equipment and powders are you using?  And, how difficult is it to become reasonably proficient at reliably producing an acceptably coated parts?  What makes it worth it for you to perform this process yourself?

Paul Birkeland:
You can technically do this with a big toaster oven, a small compressor, and the Eastwood powder coating gun.  Some of our bigger chassis plates will only really fit in a full sized oven, which requires more than a wall outlet, and things start to take up a lot of space really quickly...

Tuco:

--- Quote from: Paul Birkeland on July 02, 2024, 02:48:34 PM ---You can technically do this with a big toaster oven, a small compressor, and the Eastwood powder coating gun.

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Already have a big oven, compressor, and IR temp gun.  If I go buy that Eastwood gun, is it reasonable to expect that I’ll get good. reliable results?

Paul Birkeland:
Where are you planning to do this?  The best results will come with a relatively clean environment and a pretty short distance between where you're shooting the parts and where you're baking them. 

(I've never used an IR temp gun for anything I've powder coated for whatever that's worth)

Tuco:

--- Quote from: Paul Birkeland on July 03, 2024, 06:09:03 AM ---Where are you planning to do this?  The best results will come with a relatively clean environment and a pretty short distance between where you're shooting the parts and where you're baking them.

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In my pottery studio, where there is spray booth and a large electric pottery kiln to heat the parts in near the spray booth.  The booth is kept clean.

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