Brian: Thanks for letting us know the Rest of the story on the HF powdercoating set-up. I thought it it interesting and kid of looked at it once when I stubled accross it in there one time but had no use so I went no farther as it seemed to be af value only for small parts.
My experience with powder coating is limited to having some wrought-iron hand rails done by a company here and they turned out super but one was 5 ft long and the other was 8 ft long plus all the brakets but sure liked the result, but then they do a lot of commercial painting and are set up for it and it was pretty reasonable to boot--- about $60 for all. This Kr-Net is good for not only help with the "How To's" but bringing to light the things to avoid as well. The most stupid question is the one not ask! Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Kraut wrote: > I bought a Harbor freight powder coating gun and wound up returning it after > I read the directions. All kinds of warnings about poisionous gas and not > baking it in your kitchen oven. Also warnings about not using my gas oven > because the fumes are also explosive. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Matthew Elder > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 2:26 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> Powder Coating > > Don't use your kitchen oven to cure parts. > The TGIC and Urethane type powders release toxic fumes when baked. > Other types of powders may not be harmful (as bad) but it stinks. > > I have a dedicated oven in the shop for this work. Treat powder coating > like > you would treat painting from a gun. Hold your breath ;-) > > And yes, there are powder compositions that are not brittle when cured. A > Hybrid powder > would probably be the best as far as softness and durability. I used TGIC > though, and have had > no problems with paint chip. > > Matt > > ------------------------------------------------- > Matthew Elder > Orangeburg, SC > http://www.infinigral.com/melder > > My Airplane Project: > http://www.infinigral.com/melder/flying/KR1/ > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: D F Lively <[email protected]> > To: KRnet <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2006 1:14:11 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Powder Coating > > Scott: > > I am with virgil on this with one proviso--- > > Coat the inside of all bolt holes to pevent their being coated as the > tolerances are close and you may have difficulty inserting the bolts. > > I say this because on the project I took over care was not taken a thin film > of epoxy in the bolt holes blocked insertion of te wing attach bolts. Yes > the bolt holes can be cleaned out afterwords if need be but powder coatin is > a more brittle finish and you may chip away the finish where it would be > desired and that what you were attempting to achieve. > > Harbor Freight sell what tou need for powder coating small parts but I think > you use your kitchen oven to bake the parts but best clear that with > "Kitchen > Manager"(read that WIFE) first. > > Don > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > VIRGIL N SALISBURY wrote: > > > Bettern paint, Virg > > > > On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 05:37:01 -0700 (PDT) Scott William <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > > > > Would it be acceptable or advisable to powder-coat the > > > wing attach fittings? > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > > > Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL > > www.lubedealer.com/salisbury > > Miami ,Fl > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
