[Shotimes] duplicolor spray painting the car

[Alan Fanning]

I have a counter top sized oven that I finally bought for garage use. Keeps
the wife a little happier. It has a timer on it, so I typically do a low
temperature bake at, say 150F-200F for 30 minutes, just to help the paint
dry. Then, depending on the paint I run it for another 30 minutes at a
higher temp. In my experience, some colors will change shade if you bake
them at too high of a temp, so a little experimentation is required. Baking
really helps with the VHT epoxy paints, which can take a long time to
completely cure at RT. Someday, I'll get around to trying the Eastwood
powder coat kit my wife gave me for one of my birthdays.

    Alan


wrote:

> 350 deg for 1 or 1.5 hours, I forget on the time. I used the oven on some of
> the 455 STAGE 2 engines parts, will stink a little.
> 
>         Ken
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Nimz" <pnimz@v8sho.com>
> To: "`V6 SHOtimes" <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>; "Alan Fanning"
> <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 11:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] duplicolor spray painting the car
> 
> 
>> No the 500F will not do the job either with the brake cleaner I usually
>> use.
>> Only powdercoat or OEM paint seems to be resistant to that.
>> 
>> Is it better to bake the paint on?  I have some parts now that I painted
>> and
>> could throw in the oven a while.  What temp and time?
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/15/2005 10:00:46 AM, awfanning@earthlink.net wrote:
>>> In my experience standard rattle can paints hold up fine to oil and
>>> solvents
>>> such as paint thinner once dried and baked on, but if
>>> you're looking for
>>> something that holds up to the hotter solvents such as lacquer thinner,
>>> brake cleaner, etc., I'd
>>> be surprised if even the 500F rated stuff did the
>>> job.
>>> 
>>> Alan
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] duplicolor spray painting the car
>>>> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:27:59 -0500
>>>> 
>>>> If you use rattle can paint under the hood use the 500F stuff.  Any
>>> spray
>>>> paint out of a can you use will not be very durable and is harmed
>>> by
>>>> solvents.
>>>> 
>>>> But Duplicolor has a color to match I'm sure if that is the key thing.
>>>> 
>>>> Paul
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