Keyser Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) Hi all and welcome along - Today we are going to try DIY Powder Coating I'm sure you have seen the thread on the refurb of ZeeAnnex http://www.350z-uk.c...hed-15th-march/ Well now that is complete I have the space to have a go. I have become an "internet expert" by watching the videos, reading up on the different forums and talking to anyone that has had experience with powder coating and of course it doesn't mean that much until you have a go. The basics you need are a Powder Coating system, a good way to clean the items and something to heat and cure the coating. So I got the system Then after much scanning of the free adds, gumtree etc I got an oven But you know me - Think Bigger Me and Buster are busy on the Mk 2 homemade oven big enough to take a 20" wheel Then I built a booth made a swivel hook at the top that connects to the negative side of the powder coater I then picked a few parts to "practice" on, first stop the "Blast Chamber" (which is awesome well lit and plenty of space) Had some gunk left to clean off After blasting Bottom bar has been wire wheeled as well Next as they were in poor condition I pre heated everything which allows for out gassing, then I turned on the machine and powder coated them all - stuck them in the oven and watched very carefully When they gloss over I left them in a further 10 minutes to cure (as per coating instructions) then out they came and onto the cooling rack The finish - not bad for a first attempt :~) A Mini brake drum backing plate A bracket Suspension parts in ORANGE And the booth after its first run Hope to get quite good at this while I do all the suspension for the Mini All comments welcome. Edited March 24, 2013 by Keyser Quote
glrnet Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Nice work Chris, you have been watching a lot of internet Quote
Junior Keyser Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 The whole world will be green soon! Or orange! Top banana Wasso is correct my mini will be bright orange and way to go Keyser it looks AMAZEBALLS Quote
vansman66 Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Nice one mate, full credit for getting stuck in and giving everything a go. Quote
buster Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 time to do my nismo gear knob tomorrow night m8 wish i had been there to see the first attempts.look good though. Quote
Keyser Posted March 18, 2013 Author Posted March 18, 2013 time to do my nismo gear knob tomorrow night m8 wish i had been there to see the first attempts.look good though. You get to do your Nismo gear knob mate Sorry couldn't wait any longer Quote
glrnet Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 time to do my nismo gear knob tomorrow night m8 wish i had been there to see the first attempts.look good though. You get to do your Nismo gear knob mate Sorry couldn't wait any longer Quote
andlid Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 ha ha ha, madman, I can send you some wheels to practice on (hint hint) Quote
DoogyRev Posted March 18, 2013 Posted March 18, 2013 Oooh Nice. Thats going to keep you very busy Quote
BulletMagnet Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Is there anything you WON'T do? Kudos for having a go, and successfully too Quote
ewan221 Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) love the orange - great work this was how I did my old TVR wishbones :-) Edited March 19, 2013 by ewan221 Quote
rodgeevans Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Im sure you will have great fun with this much easier than spraying i found when i had a go, when it comes to parts on show if you want a really deep shine try acrylic powders. Quote
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 Ha ha, nice work. Can you do any colours ? Quote
GT4 Zed Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 'FING brilliant to quote someone here! The zed shed will quickly become a one stop shop. Should we start a queue Chris? Quote
rodgeevans Posted March 19, 2013 Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Ha ha, nice work. Can you do any colours ? for any colour you want and cant get the powder in the colour or just a small part and not worth buying a box of powder for, you do a powdercoat primer fallowed by a waterbased paint in the colour you want followed by the powdercoat laquer Edited March 19, 2013 by rodgeevans Quote
Keyser Posted March 19, 2013 Author Posted March 19, 2013 As rodgeevans said In theory yes any colour - but some colours are more expensive, you can get any colour on the RAL chart - but again its finding a supplier a lot do a minimum order of 50KG and at £10 - £25 a KG that's expensive. You can also have a colour match service in 5 days but it's actually cheaper to re-spray the car to match the powder coat But for engine Bling and stuff like that its fine and a lot of off the shelf colours like blue, green, red etc along with additives like metal fleck and laquer. Experiments will be conducted shortly. Quote
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