So, I hang the parts from the rack, hang it in a box that acts as ‘spray booth’, ground the rack, powder coat the parts, then transfer the rack to the oven.ītw, if you’re doing large pieces of aluminium, it’s been my experience that you should take them up to temp for a minute, take them out of the oven, and -then- powder coat them.
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I have a big Black & Decker infrawave oven that I modded for reflow soldering, and then had to unmodify because TechFX went poof and took the software for their controller board with them… I added a 0.5×0.5″ aluminium angle as a shelf rail to either side of the oven, up near the top, so I could top-mount the rack, and hang the parts. :D It’s been a while since I used it… Now that I have a 3D printer, maybe I should do what I said I’d do “If I ever got a 3D printer” make an adapter for it to take interchangeable screw-on bottles instead of that half-assed cup that traps so much wasted powder in it that it has to be washed out between uses.Ĭheck out Columbia Coatings. Posted in Tool Hacks Tagged powder, powder coat, toaster oven Post navigation Compared to other methods of finishing metal parts – anodizing or plating, for instance, powder coating is remarkably easy and something anyone can do in a garage. In the video below, you can see sandblasting, powdering, and baking a set of aluminum skateboard trucks using his method.
After that, it’s just filling the gun with powder, putting it in the oven set at 450☏, and letting the powder liquefy. The part is coated with powder via an electrostatic charge, and this means attaching a ground lead from the gun to the part. Any tape that’s capable of withstanding high temperatures will do, and most of us have a roll of Kapton sitting next to a 3D printer, anyway. If you want to coat big parts, there are DIY oven options for that.Īfter the part was sandblasted down to bare metal, masked off all the holes and threads of the part with polyimide tape. The only other tools needed were an N95 or better respirator, some high temperature tape for masking off the part and a toaster oven. Powders are plentiful and cheap in small quantities. A few years ago, Craftsman produced a powder coat gun that’s still available on Amazon and eBay for about $50. only needed a few things to powder coat his parts, the first and most important being a powder coat gun. had a go at powder coating some skateboard trucks, and with the right tools, found the process downright easy. Powder coating is much harder and more durable than paint – a property imbued to it by the fact that it’s baked on to a part. If you don’t yet have a toaster oven you can’t use with food, here’s yet another reason: DIY powder coating.
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