Kandy powdercoating

i have been using eastwoods hotcoat system for a few years with solid colors, tried kandy orange yesterday. first off blast off the old rattle can paint, mask and plug holes.

 

then coated it with a silver base coat

 

and finally the kandy- the air cleaner had already been powdercoated black, and i just laid the silver and orange over it

 

cool, I love powder coating...

 

Looks damn good. Will engine heat do anything to the colour?

 

nope, powdercoating gets cooked on at 400 degrees- it can take the heat- and is resiliant to gas and oil- think i will do some valve covers to match

 

That's totally *****in Pat. That for the truck or the '54?

Derrick

 

I think it looks like ****.Shouda done it flamingo pink!
OK,it looks kill!Gonna go on the poncho for sure.....Shiny

 

cool how abouts a tech post when ya do the valve covers ????? hmmmmm????? i have wondered about their product but it looks *****in.....nice job

 

kewlllll... could you do a whole car like that, say a 62 biscayne lol

 

<font color="purple"> Holy ****!!! That **** is WHACK! Pat...I'm on my way over with some **** for you to do!!! </font>

 

How much do those powder coating set-ups run? In American dollars, please.

 

do you use a regular household oven to cure them in?? Looks good!

 

the powdercoating kit was about $200 u.s. and i cure small parts in a household oven-BUT NOT THE ONE YOU COOK FOOD IN- once you cure powder in it, that is all it is good for. i also have uv drying lights i use on bigger pieces

 

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nope, powdercoating gets cooked on at 400 degrees- it can take the heat- and is resiliant to gas and oil- think i will do some valve covers to match

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Hate to burst your bubble there, badpat...but grease and oil and gas will eventually get to powdercoating--meaning stain it. Did some '64 Chevy valve covers in lite blue about eight years ago...now they look like ****...stained on the manifold side from leaking gas from the carb (since fixed) and if you leave the oil and grease on them too long, that too will stain them and it won't come out, no matter what you use!

However, powdercoating is tuff stuff, keep it clean all the time, like chrome and you won't have any problems!
R-

 

Pat you said something about using UV drying lights to cure the larger parts? Is there a special technique in using those? How big of a part are you able to cure with the lights? I've been thinking about buying a powdercoating set up to do some suspension parts.

 

You did an excellent job!!

-Jason

 

How hot do the lights have to get to cure the powder?

Howmany parts/ area does an Eastwoods kit get you?

What do you plan for the rest of the engine?

Looks bad***!

thanks,
j

 

I got some laquer thinner on some powder coated parts once and that stuff discolored and plain out removed some of the coating too...