I got a powdercoater for Christmas and I finally got to try it out this weekend. This is the shift knob that came with the B&M short shifter. I had polished it, but I got tired of having to repolish it all the time to keep it shiny, so I powdercoated it red.
I don't think it looks too bad for a first timer. What do you all think?
After I practice with it some more, I may start doing valvr covers and other small parts. For right now, I can only coat things that are small enough to fit into a household oven.
Thanks for looking.
looks nice man.... nice n smooth, how bout some other angles?
id say def. get to goin on some other pieces
Looks Good.
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is it the craftsman powder coater? looks good
looks nice. I like that color red.
Got a question tho, I heard that you cant bake that stuff in the oven you use for cooking for the family. Something like it releases chemicals inside the oven that could get in your food and make you sick and stuff. This true or was there anykind of warning in the instructions about this???
Ryan Shissler wrote:looks nice. I like that color red.
Got a question tho, I heard that you cant bake that stuff in the oven you use for cooking for the family. Something like it releases chemicals inside the oven that could get in your food and make you sick and stuff. This true or was there anykind of warning in the instructions about this???
i like answering for this buddy of mine haha....he picked up an extra stove and has it placed in his basement for this stuff. He'll be doing my wheels for me as well! Looks good mike
yes, it is true, you can not use the oven for food once you use it for powder coating. I picked up a used oven from a second hand store for $40 and it is in perfect shape.
streetfireMK v12.3 wrote:is it the craftsman powder coater? looks good
Nope--it's the Chicago Electric powder coater. I have heard nothing but bad things about the Craftsman coater, and I think the one I got is cheaper anyway. The transfer efficiency is pretty good though.
I'm gonna keep practicing though probably about everyday this week. The hardest part is the prep work---that is what takes the most time. The powdering and curing only takes about an hour from spray to cool down.
Best prep for powder coating is to blast the material first with an abrasive (usually sand but it depends on the material). Give the coating a nice rough surface to adhere to and damn near impossible to chip.
knob looks really good, if your willing what would you charge to do another one?
red04cavy wrote:yes, it is true, you can not use the oven for food once you use it for powder coating. I picked up a used oven from a second hand store for $40 and it is in perfect shape.
streetfireMK v12.3 wrote:is it the craftsman powder coater? looks good
Nope--it's the Chicago Electric powder coater. I have heard nothing but bad things about the Craftsman coater, and I think the one I got is cheaper anyway. The transfer efficiency is pretty good though.
I'm gonna keep practicing though probably about everyday this week. The hardest part is the prep work---that is what takes the most time. The powdering and curing only takes about an hour from spray to cool down.
Would that be from Harbor Freight Tools cause I thought about getting one from there
Greencavi wrote:
Would that be from Harbor Freight Tools cause I thought about getting one from there
Yes it is.
Here's 2 more pics of it all done:
im not a huge fan of painted (or in this case, coated) interior pieces, but the overall craftsmanship of the deal looks good, seems like u did a good job and got a good powder coater too! and about doing other things for other people, wont a valve cover fit in an average sized oven? wtf kinda oven door u got?!?! lol
On the other hand....you have other fingers.
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where could i find said powder coater? I may just want to learn more about doing my own stuff.
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i'm pretty sure he meant he can fit a valve cover in it. Just not large things like a wheel or something of that matter
lol you got clear knobbs and a red shifter nobb.. nice
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Dave (2 UNIQ) wrote:lol you got clear knobbs and a red shifter nobb.. nice
Powder coat the clear knobs, lol.
Hte shift know looks good btw.
nice knob job
you should do a write up on how to do powder coating. i think that would be an interesting read.
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Dave (2 UNIQ) wrote:lol you got clear knobbs and a red shifter nobb.. nice
The knobs are red at night by way of led's that I replaced the stock bulbs with. I really don't know why that is a problem anyway. I did the shift knob mainly for practice. This spring, the interior is getting some work. You can barely tell in the pic, but my bezel is 2 tone red and primer from when I molded a gauge in where the cig lighter was. It has just been too cold to paint, so it has to wait.
As far as the oven, I can fit up to a 17" wheel (minus the tire of course).
You can find the powder gun all over the net and at Harbor Freight (store and website).
^^there is one already.. its called the instructions to his coater lol
nice knob
it looks great but i would have done the whole thing
sndsgood wrote:looks like it turned out great, sucks that you need a second oven though. i dont have any extra room to add a spare oven.
as for the polished parts like u had it originally you can always polish it up really good, then just spray it with clearcoat.
I had the extra bit of room in my basement, just sucked having to buy the wiring and what not---thank god my dad is an electrical engineer--saved me the labor.
I had thought about that---clearcoating polished stuff. If I get back into polishing, I'll be using clear powder to seal it up.
I was gonna do the whole knob, but I think I might do the insert in black.
looks good,
but im worried of how long it will last, I know my B&M nob has all sorts of scratchs/nics in it
