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Re: powder coating

Subject: Re: powder coating
From: Graham Singleton <grasingleton@avnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:17:33
>My take on powder coating is, Do it yourself... The sprayer and power supply
>is 99 bucks in the states and the powder is 50 bucks for five pounds. 90% of
>the parts will fit in the oven that you can get on garbage day for free.
>SteveD

I'm not entirely convinced by the [powder coating I've seen. It tends to 
chip off very easily, so I think I prefer a more resilient 2 pack paint 
system ie urethane. However,it could be that preparation is the key. Doing 
it yourself and using shot peening first might make a big difference
Graham



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