[SEL] Powder Coating Engines

[don]

Hi Paul.
I have a Power Coat outfit from Eastwood Co. Now there is a set of heat
lamps you can use to powder kote big iron with so no oven is needed I have
not bought a set of lamps to try this out with ( there a little price e for
home use ) but my buddy has a set he used in his body shop.
The big  problem in trying to paint any big engine is getting every  part of
the casting smoth and dirt, greese free just as if you where useing any kind
of paint. if you use body shop mud,iceing it has to be able to with stand
400 degrees at 20 or 30 minuits. there is a body filler with metal in it
that you can use. Powder coat is neat its messy cause your blowing a powder
on the metal parts with the help of static electricty to suck it( the
powder ) into all the cracks and crevices then heat is used to melt the
powder in to a very nice hig gloss finish There is a art into powder coating
just like spray painting its not quite as easy to do as it sounds do a
search on powder coating here on the net and you will find out a better
explani then what i can do.
good luck
Don in Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Maples" <pmaples at anaxis.net>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:19 AM
Subject: [SEL] Powder Coating Engines


> Hey Gang, things seem to be a little slow on the SEL right now and since I
> have been wondering about this I thought I would throw it out to the
group.
> Has anyone powder coated an engine and if so how did it come out? I know
you
> have to have one heck of an oven to do this and I figured that somewhere
out
> in cyberspace someone has bound to have built a homemade one and submitted
> his plans. Probably have to sell the wife and kids to fire it just once
but
> still would like to know the feasibility of such a project.
>
> Someone mentioned that this might have been discussed last year but I
don't
> remember seeing it but then again age is affecting my sight, hearing, and
> reasoning ability so you will have to forgive me. If anyone has done this
> let me hear about your results.
>
> I guess another option would be to get the parts ready and have someone
that
> has the setup do the powder coating, wonder what this would cost for a
> normal size 3 to 6 HP engine? Hey it don't cost a penny to wonder, at
least
> not just yet.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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