1st attempt at power coating

[JDM74]

So, as some of you might remember I bought an Eastwood powder coating kit. Well today was my first attempt at it.

So the guinea pig was a scalerfab bumper from my SCX10.2. The "bedliner" was already coming off so I figured, "why not?"

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So I had an old gravity feed sand blasting rig after a few minutes with that all the "bedliner" was gone.

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I cleaned it with some brake cleaner then baked it for about 15 minutes at 450 then cleaned it again and applied the powder. It was a lot easier than I thought. Just need to make sure you have a good flashlight to check for coverage.

Popped it in the oven at 450 till it glazed then dropped it to 400 and bake for 20 minutes.

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And here is the finished product. It's not perfect. Got a couple pits and one what looks to be a fish eye. But not bad for the first attempt I think.

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[JDM74]

Here it is mounted up. The only holes I had to clean up were the ones where the shackles are mounted.

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[Peaker]

I have literally spent tonnes of powder coat and thats manual applied with 1 gun, and i have yet to put too much of it on something.

My favorite guns = Wagner, my hate guns = Nordson.
My hate job, running the automated line when that painter was out sick, aside for propelling myself along i do not like any mechanical / digital help so needless to say painting robots / CNC lathes - mills - grinders ASO i also stay clear off, using my other educations.

 

[BigSki]

You've got a great result !

I've used the technique of Acetone to clean, then a "dry" run in the oven to bake off any impurities. Let the part cool down to just " luke warm", hit it w/ the PC then back into the oven.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

That looks good! Nice work.

 

[Stewdog]

That looks like great results! When do you start taking orders?
I got a bumper from Scaler Fab and the bed liner they put on flaked off with a strong fart. It didn't seem like it was prepped properly. I asked them why they don't powder coat their metal items and they said they're not set up for it. I really think they should for the type of parts they have. I also think they should let you know how easy the bed liner flakes off. I would have just bought a raw material bumper and done it myself.

Now, I want a powder coater again... thanks.
Is that just a toaster oven you had laying around?

 

[JDM74]

Yeah, toaster oven and the better of the 2 eastwood kits. I’m just using the sample powder that came with it right now. I did all the cast parts on my hpi venture and they turned out even better. I have a thread in the venture section.

 

[dCowler]

That looks an excellent result! Well done.

 

[JDM74]

Update, got a textured style powder. It turned out pretty good too.

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Mounted up:

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[JDM74]

Powder was applied using this gun:

https://www.eastwood.com/dual-voltage-hotcoat-powder-gun.html

Those tires are the Pro-line, non XL super swampers.

 

[JatoTheRipper]

Looks great! I bet that feels rewarding! Nice job.

 

[rs10man]

very cool mate, well done. sure beats the terrible paint some companies apply