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question about powder coating.

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#1 ·
Ok so as a early birthday present, my mom is going to buy me a powder coating gun, about 2 lbs of 4-5 different colors, and have an electrician install a 220 outlet to connect a stove to in our garage. I picked up a little oven for free off craigslist.
My question is, if I powder coat in my garage is it easy to clean up the off spray. can I just sweep up the powder with a broom that missed the target or will it stick to everything thus needing a dedicated shed to powder coat in.
I plan on powder coating my rims and several other parts on my bike. Forgot to mention my dad is buying me a sand blaster as well for paint stripping.
 
#5 ·
if only that was true.
Full gun and kit from eastwood, is 160$, sand blaster is 65$ and oven free. maybe 50$ for powders.

I called every place within a 125mile radius who does powder coating the cheapest rate I found was, 75$ per rim + 40$ for the little piece the sprocket connects too. thats 190$ right there. Not to mention the little pieces I want changed like levers, the turn dial to tighten/loosen the clutch line, and some other small parts.

Also dont forget I garauntee I can find people locally out of the 40-50 people I know locally with bikes, who will pay to have parts powder coated.

And having my own setup, I can change colors anytime I want. I am buying all white fairing kit, so say I want blue rims...done, say I wana switch it to white with red rims...done... :D
 
#9 ·
Support your paying vendors for this site like Jamaal or even me who can get rims powdercoated for that cheap price easily.

And what did the electrician's work cost OP? I'm sure you failed to add the cost of the 220 copper line and the installation.I know it's not cheap cause I just had a whole shop re-wired...
 
#13 ·
I've got a little powder-coater and it's fine for small stuff, but wheels are too easy to get thin powder and they don't fit in a regular oven. Yes, the powder just sweeps up unless it's baked on.

Take a look around your place. I found a trailer manufacturer in SLC that powder coats for cheap. They did a big rack/tool box for me in Yamaha blue for $40. They'll do my wheels for $40-$50 each. Not super-high-end work, but damned good, especially for the price.

Bottom line (for me anyway): If you want small stuff like controls, hardware, etc the home powder coater is fine. If you want wheels, go someplace.
 
#14 ·
I know when I was looking into getting my rims powder coated I looked at getting my own set up to do it and I already have 220 in my garage. Decided against it due to various reviews I read about the cheaper guns. I hope you get the results you want and good luck. Find some practice pieces to work with before you do your parts.
 
#15 ·
Did you get that powder coating gun yet?
 
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