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Re: Powder coating oven

To: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Powder coating oven
From: Rush <jdrush@enter.net>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:16:21 -0400
Rex Burkheimer - WM wrote:
> 
> I would not think you would want a vertical cabinet. The temperature would
> be much hotter at the top than the bottom. Which prompts the question: How
> hot is too hot for powder coat?  At what temp does it char, for example?
> 
> I am going to need to build some workbenches for my soon-to-be-built
> garage/shop. I may consider dedicating a 6-ft section to incorporate a
> powder-coat oven.

No more so than an oven. The physics are the similar, the distance is
just longer.

If you are worried about it, put your thermostatic temp sensor at the
top then, or put a small, adjustable vent or chimney at the top.

Jon

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