Are you using that Eastwood home powder coating kit?? I think that's the name.
It's marketed to hot-rodders. I looked at it at one time, but didn't persue
it. Fortunately (for me), I have a contact at a local powder coater, so I can
get a modest amount of stuff done gratis whenever they are running the color
I need.
Still, for the convenience, I'd rather do it at home. I'd have plenty of
application
for it, as I'm into all sorts of metalwork that I'd rather powder than
paint.
Thanks!
Chris
Chris
"Steve Hagar" <hagargs@earthlink.net> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> Steve Hagar
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> A143
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> Mesa, AZ
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> aluminum - help!
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> 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.)
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> 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
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> bit hotter than what the powder coating oven runs at(which is about 375 to 400
> deg. F).
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> 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.
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> Thanks for the info, gang.
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> Chris and Sue
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> --- Steve Hagar
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