Powder Coating

[quitblazing]

@calicobychoice yeah made a slide show with pictures of every step. as soon as the videos done ill let you know when i post it.

[synchopeneo]

In the powder coating process, i think you need to heat the material first.

[quitblazing]

All you have to do is turn down the pressure use less paint and tune until u get a light cloud. Use a disposable in line or water separator or just a regular one. Try hanging it from a thick wire for better ground. I used thick welding wire and it sucks it to it like a magnet. I just made a custom 6 1/2 foot powder coating oven from materials at my job. The cleaner environment the better

[calicobychoice]

@quitblazing Did you make a video of that oven you made? Or how about what materials you used to make it.

[408wSTANG]

wer did u cure it? baked it??

[trevordg27]

Try sifting your powder with a fine strainer, like a flour strainer. it will take out those minor bumps in the finish! Best of luck!

[TheBarrowk]

hey you could paint

at b&r or maybe stick to welding!

[adam198210]

end result looked good

[MrTarzan17]

oh no, my painting is better

[jeffbrent]

There is WAY TO MUCH powder in that gun. That is the reason in is clumping out. I have that same system. There is a fill line on the powder container. You should only have about 2" of powder in it. My gun filled correctly produces a fine cloud of powder. You will go through a LOT less powder.

[performancewelder]

@jeffbrent Thats good advice. Will do.

[jeffbrent]

I just walked in the house with that same gun. Harbor Freight, and I bought a large toaster oven from walmart as I am only doing small parts. The oven is pretty large for a toaster oven.

[rfutrell1]

You need to turn the sub air up, and turn the powder down, way too much powder, I powder coat for a living, on an industrial scale. so not sure how the home powder coating systems are set up or how much control you have.

[SubaruB4RSK]

interesting.. so less air pressure = finer mist?

I saw this same gun last night in the store not bad.

[gnsspro]

haha you were making a clock? i thought it was going to be a dynamic target

[performancewelder]

just a regular kitchen oven that I wired up in my garage.

[ihoppy]

What did you use to bake the pig (seriously)? lol

[kwu559]

turn the air up and the powder down and turn up ur kvs's

[dhpt99]

I got that same gun. It works great but i never had that problem of spitting the powder out like that. Eastwood has a bunch of different powders just to let you know unlike Harbor freight which only had 3 or 4 different colors at my store.

[andyroo89]

Hey I want to start powder coating and wanted to know where you got your equipment and powder at? LMK ASAP please. Thanks!

[performancewelder]

I bought my powder coat gun, and powder at Harbor Freight Tools. The gun was on sale for 50 bucks when I bought it.

[andyroo89]

Ok thanks for the fast reply!

[Suzukidunerider]

Caswell plating is a good site for cheap equipiment

[exonei]

Can you reuse the powder that falls off of the part?

[performancewelder]

I dont re-use it, but I guess you could if you wanted to. I would be afraid of it being contaminated with other junk, but if you dont care, I dont see why you couldnt.

[dumbtrucker3]

Not bad.. But try lowering the air presure to about 9-11 psi. That should help you get a finer mist out of the sprayer. if its not enough than graduly turn up the pressure as you spray. I usally bake until I see it glaze. Then let it bake for the time recomended for the powder used. I have gotten glass like finish doing it that way. Dont use the powder from Harbor F. Its Junk! Hope this helps.

[iLoveOlivaMunn]

nice work..

[stevedwnng]

definitely dumping powder out the barrel, try using less powder in the cup, my hotcoat gun is notorious for that fill the cup maybe an inch from the bottom, is that the pony gun from columbia?

[stevedwnng]

also, try using less air pressure, the hotcoat gun from eastwood uses 8-10psi i think the pony gun should be set around 15psi. try less powder in the cup and less air pressure

[stevedwnng]

ha, sorry about that, was replying to the guy who posted, my bad, didn't mean to reply to you.

[Kidiot]

Oink.

Just bought a powder coat kit, Harbor Freight "Chicago Electric Tools" brand, same in video.

[PhnxCaller]

I'm glad my mother could be of help. How does the powder stick to the metal?

[performancewelder]

the work is grounded, and the powder is positively charged as it comes out of the gun, so it is attracted to the grounded metal. Sticks like butter on toast.