breathment

Im thinking about asking for a powder coating kit for christmas. as well as a new cam . but we have no place to put an extra oven. so i was wondering if it would be safe to use the ovenin the kitchen. like maybe if i clean it before and after using it for powder coating?

jcb999

the smell will stay in the oven and for that reason.. on future foods..

gruveb

I saw an episode on Shade Tree Mechanic a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly you don't want to do powder coating in an oven that you'll use for cooking.

It has to be an electric oven.

You can usually find used electric ovens at places like thrift shops and the salvation army for dirt cheap!

Z_Ghost

Never use the oven that you bake food in for baking power coated parts, it will make you sick or kill you if you do..

Justins86bird

NO!!!!!!!

ViciousZ

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One time... I tried to cure the paint on my valve covers by putting them in oven. (for some reason the high temp paint would get tacky the first time it got hot on the covers) Anyway, it stank up the entire house really bad, for days. Very bad idea.

waltersb

This is almost as bad as washing valve covers in the dishwasher in your kitchen..... took 3-5 washes before we could eat off the dishes that ran through it and not taste oil.

ws6transam

Nyet. Dont use the kitchen oven.

I bought myself two Blue "M" lab ovens off Ebay for doing my powdercoating. I'm in the process of buying another one for doing high-temp ceramics applications.


If you have a college nearby, check to see if they have anything in salvage. If not, you could always watch the want-ads for a used electric kitchen oven. You can usually get them for ten to twenty bucks. The temperature control ain't too good though so you'll need to keep an eye on the cure, ecpecially if you start trying to do special effects coatings. You usually cannot go wrong with gloss black.

--Dan
http://www.ws6transam.org/fcar.html

TomP

What are you powdercoating? If it's small enough, you might be able to get away with one of those little toaster ovens.

breathment

probably things like brake calipers, alternator cases, suspension pieces..

SinthetikIroc

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whats a powercoating kit consist of and whats it cost?

TomP

You might have a hell of a time getting suspension pieces into a small toaster oven, but it should do fine for calipers or alternator cases...

Check out http://www.eastwoodcompany.com and search for Powdercoating. You'll need a shop air compressor, though, and an oven to cure the powder in. Home Depot sells a decent air compressor for a bit under $300; they're well worth the investment. I've had my campbell hausfeld one for about 5 years now, no problems yet. Plus I think that Home Depot has some deal going on now if you use your Home Depot card for a purchase over $299, you can take 6 months to pay it off without interest. That's only $50 a month!!

ws6transam

Tom has it right. A good place to start is with the Eastwood kit. There is another, cheaper powdercoating kit as well, that you can find through Ebay. It'll do a decent job as well, so long as you stick with conventional colors like red, yellow, and black.

I would suggest that the MINIMUM size oven would be a 15 x 12 x 17 inch interior space. The oven will have to have a temperature range to 200 degrees C, which is around 390 degrees F.

An optimum size is a 15 by 18 by 24, with a temperature of 550 degrees F. That size will enable you to do most stuff such as intake manifolds and headers. Problem is, that is a very pricey oven that will require 220 V power.

--drb

laiky

i think harbor freight sells powder coating ovens and guns

ws6transam

Yes they do. In fact, my first powdercoating gun came from there. However, I now toss my Harborfreight catalog DIRECTLY into the trash can lest I be tempted by some instantly back-ordered merchandise that comes with a four month long wait.

I also HATE their "free shipping" policy which is to make you wait a month for your order to be filled. You can "expidite" the delivery by paying an additional fifteen bucks but that's just extortion, in my opinion.

I got fed up, and found other places with similar deals.

Cruzin Kaz

I am really hoping that was a joke? You didn't really put your valve covers in your dishwasher did you?
I'm not trying to be a jerk. But why????

laiky

I know HF can really suck sometimes, but othertimes its just too good to pass up. There shipping has improved i get stuff usually in less than 2 weeks, and you can go online or phone an order in to avoid the Back orders. I have purchased stuff from them that is good quality at prices i cant comprehend. There is some junk too but if your careful you can get great deals

NTChrist

I once cleaned a used oil pan for my 'bird in my indoor single-person jacuzzi. Worked fine with a little detergent. The jets worked like a car wash, but part-sized.
A little degreaser worked to clean the left-over oil. At least I think it did. I never really used the damn thing anyways.

SinthetikIroc

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:sillylol:

waltersb

It wasn't me, it was my roomate, needless to say we (all the other roomates) weren't pleased...

breathment

iv washed parts in the dishwasher before.. they probably weren't as dirty as valve covers. but i did just one wash afterwards to make sure everything was clean and no bad aftertaste. it did an ok job at cleaning.

dans82bird

TomP

Especially the 100 piece wrench set for $10! But yeah at the least, the catalog's a fun read. Bought some junk from there, a few $10 digital meters (one for myself, two as gifts), some heat shrink tube, a couple welding pieces (those red 45/90/135 degree helper magnets, magnetic ground clamp adapter), a nifty flexible-neck flashlight that I lost, an angle grinder for $20 that's worked great every time I've used it, a d/a sander for my air compressor that's also worked great... seems like most of the tools are good for occasional use- well, except maybe that 100 piece wrench set for $10, that can't be worth much of anything

laiky

i got those welding magnets for 99 cents a piece, they also have a great drill set ( 135 piece fractional,number and letter) titanium coated for 40 bucks. 99 cent scissors that cut better than wiss shears. A reconditioned porter cable bammer finish nailer for 120 bucks. a brass automatic center punch for 1.29. it goes on, if yor careful you can make a killing

SinthetikIroc

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and what is this **** exactly?

Jza

Metalworking tools, man. Tools! Can never have too many. I had my eye on a 20 gal parts washer in HF once. Think it was like 80 bucks.

88IROCARMY

Eastwood currently has their Powder Coating on Sale for Christmas.
I believe the starter kit is $99