[TR] Fwd: Re: Powder Coating

[Pete Ryner]

Dave,
I’ve thought of doing my own powder coating but found it to much easier and cheaper to let a local professional do the job.  I just took my entire TR body in and they complete stripped it and powder coated the whole thing for only $1200.  I’m using the powder coat as a primer.  Came out beautiful by the way.  I’ve found that shops will normally take on small projects for a reasonable sum if you let them work your job into another project with the same color.  You may wait a little while, but you won’t be trying to source an oven, wiring and the rest for a small amount of work.  If you plan to do a lot of parts over time doing it yourself may be the best way assuming you have the space etc.  Just say what worked for me.
Pete

From: Patrick Baize 
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 6:48 PM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net 
Subject: [TR] Fwd: Re: Powder Coating




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      Date:  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:47:50 -0500 
      From:  Patrick Baize mailto:patrick at baizefamily.com 
      To:  triumphs at autox.team.net 


I agree with jack mc , buy a used electric oven. best thing I ever did and found one very cheep .  I buy all my powder from Ohio custom coatings, (  http://www.ohiocustomcoatings.com/servlet/StoreFront   )   i still have powder from them over 4 years old , and still powdery not clumpy

Pat
74 Spitfire
71 Stag





On 3/27/2015 5:11 PM, McGaheyRx at aol.com wrote:

  You re going to need an oven - something with as much mass as a wheel would be really difficult to do with any free standing heat source - like an IR light. Watch craigs list or some other local source for dirt cheap or free ovens following somebody's kitchen remodel.

  Eastwood is probably your most economical powder coat gun source - their powder is okay too. Most of the time now i order powder from PowderBuyThePound.com - avoid Rosey's powder coating - their powder has always been really clumpy - as if it were exposed to too much humidity.

  I built an apparatus to hold a wheel that slides right into my oven. If you're not in a big hurry I can send pictures next time I do wheels.

  Cheers,
  Jack Mc     


  In a message dated 3/27/2015 4:14:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, forzion7 at gmail.com writes:
    Hey List ~!


    No doubt some of you have used powder coating and done the work 
    yourselves. Anyone got a brand of gun/paint they'd like to recommend? 
    Do's and don'ts? What sort of oven/heat-source do you use to cure the 
    parts?


    Thanks for any insights. I'd like to do a set of wheels I just media 
    blasted but wanted some inputs on how to proceed from here (bare metal).


    Thanks for any inputs!!


    Dave Friedlander

    '59 TR3A

    '64 TR6




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