You cannot powder coat a plastic component! In addition the oven at the shop I
use bakes at just over 400 degrees. I'm going for the metal one! Thanks for the
help!
Kenichi wrote:
> I think you can still statically charge plastic even though it doesn't
> conduct. It just need to buld an opposite charge to that of the powder being
> sprayed on so the powder will be attracted to the item in question.
> The thing I'd be really concerned with is the fact you need to BAKE
> powdercoating onto the surface. The powder is a polyester and it needs to be
> melted onto the surface. I'm sure the valve cover can handle high temps but
> I don't know how much it can take before weakening and melting the valve
> cover itself.
>
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