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Old Jan 6, 2006 | 06:29 PM
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DIY powdercoating

Hey if ya'll are lookin for some ways to DIY powdercoating here is a new product sears puts out-- Click on this

You just need some way of baking the parts.

just wanted pass on the info


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Old Jan 7, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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that's nice, but Eastwood.com has a better selection of colors, including traslucent.
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 02:00 PM
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I do my own powdercoating. While the Sears gun looks interesting, thier powder prices are outrageous.
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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Slightly off topic but similar.
My brother is a gun collector and has nickel plated several old guns. All you do is hook a battery up to the metal you are plating and paint on a nickel solution. It has pretty good coverage but takes several coats to get a nice shiny surface. Im tempted to try it on something like calipers or something.

So 6$ for 7 square feet is outrageous for powder? It must be really cheap elsewhere then..
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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anyone checked them out yet?

http://eastwood.com/jump.jsp?itemTyp...ORY&itemID=458
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 08:04 PM
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How would it keep moisture out of the air? IMHO the eastwood gun is better. And I love how easy they make it sound. It takes a bit of learning to have a good PC job. Especially on parts with deep recesses.
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Old Jan 10, 2006 | 11:24 PM
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o come on carl, i know u know how to keep any moisture from getting into the PC gun, the same way u would on a paint gun or anyother air powered tool.
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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 04:08 AM
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that eastwood setup looks nice
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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i bought one from harbor freight ..loll but its works bought my color from www.columbiacoatings.com

and just buy a electric house hold oven pop the back open,unhook the range/wiring to the top hard wire the bottom/oven... if you look at the back of the switches there actually 110wbut there wired together to make it 220w...all i did is cut an extension cord in half and wired it just to the switch for the oven....ghetto i know but it works ..works well actually
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ps the guns come with a moisture protection thingy
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