audandash Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hey guys i was in my garage playing with my powder gun and wanted to share. The carb dome is mine but i did the fuel bracket (74 260z) and a bullet style mirror for a friend. Playing with the satin black and fluorescent green from columbia coatings. Great stuff!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockerstar Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Which gun are you using? I hope to pick one up and get my blasting cabinet operational this summer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftover z Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Damn, that looks GOOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris.Is.Awesome Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I loooove powder coating. I have a cheapo harbor freight one I'm waiting to use. Need to find me an oven though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 YES I love to powdercoat! I jumped right into the difficult stuff with clearcoats and metalflake though haha: I'm using an Eastwood gun kit. I got the blue and 'flake from a local powder shop though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Would a regular household oven work for the baking process?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drift_inertia Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Would a regular household oven work for the baking process?? As long as it's electric, is SOLELY for powder coat and no foodwill be prepared in it, and has enough space for the parts it is easy to make custom racks and would work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboHLS30 Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Cool how much did you guys powder coating kits cost?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I think my dad got mine for like $190 for everything, as well as some powder (he got it for me for Christmas ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpowered280z Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 i just pickedup myself the kool koat 3.0 gun from columbiacoatings.com........such a badass gun. i have been messing around with the hyper mirror black and candy colors. heres a rotary i did using the black and chrome and candy blue i redid the front cover, i did it with my craftsman gun, i hated that thing ported the engine as well. its from a 93 usdm rx7. 13brew is its classification Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audandash Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 Right now i have a the basic eastwood hot shot gun. its my first one and not to bad. I really want to upgrade to a kool koat gun from columbia coatings. They are not far from my house and where all my powders come from now. I got the kit which was like 140. comes with plugs, wire etc... def make sure you get those things as it makes your life easier. I have not made it to the flakes and such yet. Looks awesome. I have only been doing this for a few weeks trying to get the learning curve down. as for the oven i use a standard oven i have in my garage i found on ebay. its nice though bc its a stacked oven so i have extra space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audandash Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 pure pontiac and rbpowered have you guys had any issues with outgassing? if so what did you do to resolve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audandash Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 here is a carb dome i did yesterday using columbia all in one chrome powder. doesnt look bad to be a powder. you can see my powder oven in the background too. lucky find for 50 bucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpowered280z Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 you know, i havent had too much of a problem with outgassing. i dont cook the parts too long, i found out that if you preheat the parts enough before hand and get them up to just above being able to handle them by hand, the outgassing isnt nearly as bad as before. i will take pictures of the vw engine i am currently doing. i didnt preheat this: as you can tell, there is outgassing. it was covered up by the candy blue, then the whole front cover was replaced and redone, wasnt up to my standards. like i said, i will take pictures of the vw engine i am doing. i preheated them and there was no outgassing, everything came out glassy smooth. Lloyd p.s. i have heard that using iron phosphate to prep parts helps make the piece come out nicer and smoother. either the phosphate helps smooth the surface and cut down on the amount of micro air pockets, or just makes the area clean and ready for powder, idk. i dont use iron phosphate, i use my old bosses sand blasting cabinent. its a mix of medium grit sand and #6 glass bead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpowered280z Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 heres what the housings looked like step by step: right after tear down: after sandblasting chrome powder applied before baking after first coat with chrome and ready for the candy blue candy blue before baking candy blue out of the oven and heres the back of the rear iron in the black, it looked wet, but wasnt, i love that powder. i am doing the whole VW engine that color. skeet skeet so, like i said, the outgassing was there, but not barely noticeable. i used the sand blasting cabinent before, followed with 2 days soaking in chemdip to get rid of all the shavings and oil and crap. then used simple green to reprep the pieces, a bit of a wire wheel, then the rest was all powdering. all in all, about 40 hours of work between the porting and coating Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daschundtwosixdee Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 holy crap its BIG ZIPPY!!!!!!!!!! Hy ASH it's phil... i still cant begin to think that the carb turned out as good as it did. P.S. radioactive frog vomit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audandash Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 thanks rb. i picked up some outgas primer from columbia coatings today. i am going to test it out tomorrow. I am going to redo the green mirror. There where not many outgassing bubbles, probably cant see them in the pic, but enough to bother me. I am going to try it again tomorrow and see how it turns out. I may post some pics of it tomorrow as well. i will let you know how it turns out. Its pretty inexpensive and i have heard many good things about it. howdy phil. i assume i will see you tomorrow lol? as long as the roads arent bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audandash Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 by the way great pics rb. looks awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daschundtwosixdee Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 affirmative capp'in will be there and ready to rip old 30 year old georgia clay-covered gas lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurePontiacKid Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 Got some new colors in, only had the chance to try out my new matte black today (not my parts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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