home powdercoating for $139.99!

[runmikeyrun]

I just saw this in the Summit Racing catalog, can't vouch for it's capabilities or quality but it looks promising: a powdercoating gun.

www.summitracing.com

I can't access their page here at work to find the exact link but it's a blue gun looking thing that runs off a wall wart, not a compressor.  Just get an old oven from somewhere and you're good to go.  Powder is only $10/color too. 

This might open up the home powdercoating madness... if anyone is serious about ordering one let me know- i live about 15 mins from summit racing and could probably go down there and check it out in person.

[theehman]

Exact link to powdercoat gun:

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2D01%2D06100&N=700+319897+115&autoview=sku

Sears sold a similar outfit a couple of years ago.  Anybody ever try that one?

[BubbaKahuna]

Same thing for less:
http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=458

Eastwood rocks for finishes.

[DougH]

I've got the Sears gun. It works fine. It takes some practice at first but it works. I like the Eastwood colors too.

[hairyandy]

I've got the Sears gun. It works fine. It takes some practice at first but it works. I like the Eastwood colors too.

Same here.  It takes a bit to get the hang of it but you can get some decent results with it.  I'll never paint again...

Andy

[John Lyons]

I like the hammertone powder finsihes. Where can you get those?
Pedal parts plus has some lime green, grey, blue and silver hammer tones.
Eastwood has the vein types and some cool colors but no hammer types
Anyone know where these are sold?

EDIT
Found some cool colors here:  http://www.caswellplating.com/powder/powder_colors2.html

John

[railhead]

I'm intrigued by this, as the worst part of painting is the clear (to me). What type of silkscreen ink works best with powder coating? Anyone know?

[DougH]

I've come to the conclusion that painting is for suckers since I started powder coating. No reason to waste my time with spray painting ever again AFAIC (except for my amp chassi, which won't fit in my oven- yet... ).

No experience with silkscreening here. I use ink-jetted, clear-coated, vinyl sticker material for graphics (which my wife designs). That and the powder coat makes for a very tough and durable finish, and it is more artistically interesting than simple silk-screening.

[John Lyons]

Doug
So you power coat over the vinyl sticker?
I would think that the heat in baking would bubble the sticker.

john

[DougH]

No, the sticker goes on top, after it's (the sticker) been clear coated. Check out Alf Hermida's stuff- he gave me the idea on the phone a long time ago.

[John Lyons]

Ah, ok

thanks

john

[MicFarlow77]

Hey All,

I bought my gun from Columbia Coatings.

www.columbiacoatings.com

They do not have any Hammertone effects, but tons of others... a larger selection of specialty stuff then I think I have seen anywhere else.

Thanks,

Mick

[jacobyjd]

AFAIK, this kind of setup is usually a good start into powdercoating. However, I've yet to see anyone who's tried one not say "I think I'm going to upgrade my setup." within a couple months.

For anyone who's considering a simple powdercoating setup and need a good excuse to justify the expense to the wife, keep in mind that EVERYONE wants stuff powdercoated. A relative back home made quite a killing doing powdercoating for fairly small auto parts for all the guys who thought the local speed shop's prices were highway robbery.

He did the same kind of thing with a simple polishing setup. Started with $10 worth of bumper bolts, then polished the heads and sold 'em to hot rodders for $30 a set on Ebay. The ladies who are so patient with us and our DIY fever always like to hear that it's not for nothing 

[darron]

I'm intrigued by this, as the worst part of painting is the clear (to me). What type of silkscreen ink works best with powder coating? Anyone know?

i've had a really bad experience silk screening on powdercoating. last time i tried silk screening on something that was powdercoated instead of painted it adhered, but if you wanted to you could scratch the art off. i wonder if people just get around this by using clear to try to 'glue' it on... which wouldn't be good.

the powerdercoating was done in the same batch as some outdoor fences. the silk screening ink was just something used for signs i think, but it's normally very durable.

[tranceracer]

For those interested, found this powder coat kit at Harbor Freight for only $60 ($59.99)
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=94244