My only caution on this system would be to make sure you do not breath the
fumes while the powder coat is baking since it could have some serious long
term ramifications to your health. I would never use this in the house,
unless it was opened to ventilate and you didn't plan to be home for several
days. Use the same caution for a shop.
I purchased a clean air system from Eastwood several years back to use when
I spray paint in the garage since I did not completely trust a respirator. I
have used it several times and find that it works great.
Anyway be careful with the fumes!
Phil Roettjer
Upton, Ma
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Warner [mailto:Jeff_Warner@ssa-sa.sel.sony.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:24 PM
To: 356talk@356registry.org; vintage-race@autox.team.net; dim1@home.com
Subject: Re: Powder spray paint gun
I bought one of these home Powder Coating systems from Eastwood and am very
pleased with the results.
The best use other than the usual solid colors like black was the
application of a metallic stamped steel coating color. I used this "color"
on many of my previously rusty wire harness clamps and other small brackets
which were a little rusty originally.
Initially I cleaned them up and painted them silver. After several years
they corroded again. The silver paint apparently doesn't seal very well
even with primer. Then I sandblasted them and powder coated with the
"stamp steel" and they look great!
The Eastwood set needs 400 degrees for 20 minutes. I bought a very rough
apartment oven for $40 which I set out in my shop. For some reason my wife
wasn't too keen on me using her kitchen oven.
I have used this mainly on small brackets and other items which fit into the
oven. The long items would still need to be taken to a pro shop. (BTW not
a good idea to powder coat front suspension parts like uprights and A arms
because you can not see cracks under the plastic coating)
Jeff Warner
San Antonio, TX
>>> Phil Trenholme <dim1@home.com> 2/13/01 3:42:44 PM >>>
Anyone have experience with this or a similar product? Can it actually
be done in a home shop with decent results? Hope this is not considered
spam. No connection w/ Harbor Freight other than owning lots of their
"junk".
Phil
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=42181&cid=30
7759
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