[SEL] Powder Coating Engines

[jlb94 at juno.com]

Hi Guys - 
Good point on the radiator, Ted.
Happens alot on re-chroming - the brass gets eaten in the acid.

In any case - I don't know what "Powder Coating" is.  I always thought it
was like 
spray painting but, apparently, not.
What's the idea of using heat ?
The powder IS sprayed on - RIGHT ?
Isn't it just like paint but tougher ?

Joe "Pip" Betz said that. 
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On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 13:50:40 -0500 "Ted Brookover"
<ignitors at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> When I was in the Radiator repair business, a fellow brought in the 
> radiator
> and overflow tank from a 56 T Bird he was restoring. I odered him a 
> new core
> for the radiator and re-soldered all the seams and installed a new 
> neck on
> the overflow tank. He had asked that I not paint either piece, so I 
> guessed
> he was going to have his paint guy do a really fine job on them.
> 
> A few days later he walked in with the overflow tank, and wanted to 
> know if
> I thought it could be saved, he had taken it to the powder coater 
> and they
> melted all the solder out of the seams and the new neck fell off.
> Ted Brookover
> 4801 E. Red Bridge Rd.
> Kansas City, Missouri, 64137
> 816-763-3142
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Maples" <pmaples at anaxis.net>
> To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:19 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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