Steve.
I'm doing all my parts the same way. At least the ones that fit in
the oven. Obviously, there are a few that will have to be
professionally done. It's actually kind of fun. The results are
excellent, and it's quite easy. The nice part about it is that I can do
them as I need them.
Jeff
Steve Hagar wrote:
> Chris: I am powder coating my smaller parts at the house and using
> the oven in the kitchen. The parts get to 400 F though only for about
> 20 minutes at the most. They probably don't even have to stay hot
> that long. My guess is that it is not nearly long enough and hot
> enough to effect any granular changes in the material. Most of the
> small aluminum parts don't impress me as being in highly stressed
> applications anyway. I'm not loosing any sleep over it. Steve
> HagarA143Mesa, AZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: Powder coating aluminum - help!
> I believe we went over this previously here, but I want to
> be doubly sure. I just sent out all the wing/flap hardware
> to be powder coated gloss white (W19, W20, OR3, etc.) My
> wife, who works for Midwest Express Airlines, says two of
> the guys on the maintenance floor said that the powder
> coating process would screw up the heat treat of the
> aluminum. Now, I remember looking up the age hardening time
> and temps for aluminum, and from what I remember, it was
> quite a bit hotter than what the powder coating oven runs
> at(which is about 375 to 400 deg. F). Before I go and wreck
> a bunch of parts, I want to be doubly sure that I'll be OK.
> Powder coat is far superior to paint in both protection and
> durability, so I'd like to be able to use it. Thanks for the
> info, gang. Chris and
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