Who does their own powdercoating?
 

I did a quick search and found a couple older threads. I have been kicking around the idea of a home kit for smaller boat and snowmobile parts. I assume a small sandblasting booth is also a must? Anyone do their own?

I know Cuda was playing around with it.
I talked to him about possibly doing a few parts for me.
Try PM'ing him - I haven't seen him on the board lately.
I know his work had slowed down a bit, and he sold Formula.

i do my own. i have a cheap harbor freight kit. it works great. i get my powder from eastwood.com. you will need an oven and some sort of access to a sand blaster. i have done a lot of atv parts and they hold up really well for the abuse that they take

Yeah I'm thinking a home kit for $100-$150 and a small sandblasting booth for $200 or so and I'm in business. Problem is some of the parts I would want to do will be too big for a standard oven.

Welcome to OSO

I have an Eastwood set up. It owrks pretty well oncec you get the hang of it.

Definately a sandblaster, small toaster oven for tiny parts and a used electric oven for larger parts.

Keep your eye out for that registration for the Four Winns please!!

Whats new with the 24?

I will do that. Do you know when it expires?

I would like to have a big stove. Sled trailing arms and slide rails are too long for an oven. I read where someone made an oven out of a 4-drawer file cabinet! LOL

The 24 is running great. Faster than ever! :D I'm thinking about getting some rear bolters made and I really need to figure out a way to put in a good grab handle for the passenger. That offset cuddy door makes it tough. Then she will be perfect and I will sll it! :D

I have a prof powdercoating operation for sale
Itw gema digital hopper style powder coating system
Binks spray booth
natural gas fired oven , 7 ft high x 4 ft wide x 3 ft deep
carts
racks
hooks
turn key operation 7000.00

Go look at the pics of my boat under Cigarette , the boat is a 24 BRT and all powder coating was done in my shop with the above equip
609-315-2640

I have one of the Caswell systems, new in the sealed box. Paid $100 for it. First $50 takes it- $5 for ship.

I've had very good luck with the products sold through Pendry Powder Coating and on ebay through Rosey's Powder Coating store. Preparation and cleanliness are EVERYTHING. Just to make sure I have all the oils and contaminants out of the metal, I pre-bake my parts at 400 degrees for at least 15 minutes.

Not to steal thread, but I have a powder coating question:

I had my swim platform re-powder coated late last summer. Now the top part of it has what looks like small cracks everywhere.
Odd that it is only on the top and not the bottom.
What could the problem be?

Thanks in advance!

I've been doing my own for about a year now. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. I bought all my stuff at harbor freight.....sign up for their email and they send you a 20% off coupon every so often...

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Probably didn't use a UV-stable powder.

The term powdercoat is about as definitive as "paint". There are lots of different types of powder, the similarity is the application process.

I have done a ton of parts with a Craftsman gun and a free electric oven. Works great. I usually glass bead the part and spray it down with carb cleaner first. Well worth the $$$

If anyone knows of a supplier of powder coat that matches the Merc paint. please let me know.

Thanks

I need this also.....

I do my own parts. I have the sears gun, and a big oven. But the size is limited to about 28" by 28" because of the oven. Works great

Yep! Not UV-stable powder. Ask them to re-do it using Tiger Drylac Series 38 powder. It's a special super-durable line for outdoor and marine use. To do it right, they should also use a first coat of Tiger's "Dryprotector 69/7000" primer. The primer should be baked on for 2-3 minutes at 390 degrees, and the top coat for 15 minutes at 390 degrees. The top coat must go on within 12 hours of the primer. Better yet would be a chrome phospatizing treatment instead of the primer. Look through TigerDrylac.com - There's lots if good information there, including a 47 page troubleshooting guide.

These people will custom-mix any color to match any sample provided. They'll do small runs. http://www.nicindustries.com/

On curing big parts, you can use an ordinary propane-powered radiant heater. You can spot-cure- essentially bringing the part to temp, then moving along until the whole piece is done. Production powdercoaters don't use staitic ovens, they move parts through radiant ovens on conveyors. You can easily make one- http://store.columbiacoatings.com/cg...ategory%3DINFR

I was actually looking at their kit and I asked them about using the heater which they said was simple. However, I found a powdercoating forum and many said they had little luck getting uniform color using heaters. Since it wasn't a uniform heat process some spots would be lighter or darker.

The converyor belt would probably work with some trial and error to get the right "speed" of the conveyer but not sure how practical that is for a hobbyist. :D

I used chrome powder and then candy blue. It looks close to Merc blue.