[SEL] Powder Coating Engines

[Curt Holland]

Paul,
Interesting you should mention this. We have a new neighbor and it turns 
out he owns a powder coat business. We were talking last night and he 
has discovered he can powder coat over small amounts of Bondo. So it is 
possible to do some smoothing on your engine with filler and then still 
be able to have it powder coated. I was most surprised that the filler 
held up to the 400°F curing temps.
Curt Holland
Gastonia, NC

Paul Maples wrote:

>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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