This video has been the most popular video on my channel and i have to thank you all for being interested in my take on doing powder coating with limited tools.
Kitchen oven for powder coating. You only need 300 500 degrees for the powder coat to cure. Could i use just my gas oven in the kitchen for the coated items. The cheapest powder coating ovens that you can use to start with if you don t want to spend too much money are. A toaster oven a household oven or a propane grill.
I usually preheat the oven to 375 400 depending on the powder specs and times. I reccommend you sand blast the parts and pre bake them to burn off all the oils and everything then let the part cool down a bit and spray your powder 2 3 mils thick and your ready for baking for 15 20 mins. You will need an electric oven metal cleaner or prep and solid powder in the color of your choice. You can also get lucky and find a cheap commercial oven.
Powder coated is often touted as one of the benefits and features whenever a manufacturer is describing its latest products. Yes you can use a regular oven to cure the powder coat. If you have a larger budget you can build or buy a large dedicated powder coating oven. Once the piece is covered with powder place it in the preheated oven again usually 450 until the.
Harbor freight s powder coating kit comes with almost everything included. Spray the piece as you would with a rattle can of spray paint ensuring to cover the piece uniformly and completely. The beauty of power coating is that if you mess up you can just blow the powder off with an air compressor and start over. Bestequip powder coating machine wx 101 40w 45l capacity electrostatic powder coating system with spraying gun 550g per per minute electrostatic machine wx 101 40w 50l capacity 4 0 out of 5 stars 1 569 47 569.
However it is highly recommended that you use a dedicated oven for this rather than one that you cook in since residue may adhere to the oven walls sooo unless you really feel like cleaning out the oven i d say buy another one for powder coating or use your neighbors. Baking powder coating in my kitchen oven july 21 2017. Although we hear the term often not.