Me showing Powdercoating Process on a Rockercover for those interested

[detox_nath83]

Gday Guys and Girls today i have put together a small Powdercoating Process for those interested in seeing how its done @ my work here on the Sunshine Coast..I have worked here for 4 years in August.

Rocker cover off my spare Donk Rb30.


Me Blasting the Cover


Blasted


Now before you ask i have put this cover in the bucket of ACID as i did not want to contaminate my tanks of oil


Hung up dry and ready to be Painted


Painting Process is an electrostatic coating gun and the color i have used is BLAZE BLUE GLOSS from dulux.


Painted ready for the bake process in the oven


Hung in oven all good to go



Oven up to temp at 200 Degrees. Bake timer starts at 185 and goes for 15 minutes
whole oven time takes 45 mins.



Oven has finished its process and this pic was taken with the ovens air temp at 198degrees.. great for cold mornings :P


Boompa....finished product cooled and ready to go on my Engine now, just gotta sand the paint off the "HOLDEN" part


Thankyou for having a look and hope this has answered some questions on how powdercoating is done...

Cheers guys....

[SUSS8]

Neat Stuff...!

[kcpwns]

Looks good mate!!!
that blue must be super bright before you bake it, looks wicked in the photo.
Just wondering, how much would it cost to get this done?

[detox_nath83]

depends on what needs to be done before hand as in sandblasting of parts/pre-treatment if its steel it needs an undercoat epoxy primer on it 1 oven bake then the color coat 2nd oven bake and if wanted a high gloss finish the paint is CRYSTAL CLEAR over the color coat so 3 oven bakes... depending on the paint some are a gloss finish and others are Matt/Satin finish and hammertone

to answer your question mate the bright colors are very bright in color then darken in the bake process...

Cheers man

[kcpwns]

so it could be a pain in the arse for certain materials lol...how does powder coating hold up
in the engine bay?? im guessing good??
cant say ive seen to many powder coated rocker covers before

[detox_nath83]

yeah man i have had my Coated cover in my engine bay for 19 months the only reason its slightly blistered(right near turbo) is because i have not build a turbo heat shield so the turbo dump/exhaust housings heat is slowly deteriorating the paint..

[kcpwns]

sweet...well i did always wonder how powder coating worked, cheers man

[mr calais 5.0]

Looks great.. I'm looking at stripping my sports bike and getting the frame, sub frame and swing arm and wheels powder coated..

[wraith]

Nice work clothes you got going on. Singlet and shorts :P Nice write up mate.

[ari666]

stayed tuned for his next update:

"here we have Ari's impala chassis ready for the oven..."

[detox_nath83]

haha yeah man Qld weather(not now Lols, but still wear it in winter with 22degrees in the day) and that big oven makes the shed hot so singlet and shorts is the go... 7000X4000X2100 oven is a great heater.

[Pub247]

One question we have all our alloy chromated before powder coating due to the powder not adhereing to alloy.
Can you tell me why this is done where in your demo it isnt?

Is it due to the type of paint used?
We use dulux based powder coat i beleive

[detox_nath83]

yeah if u chromate the cast ally it goes black and becomes chalky thus making it worse off.... being cast ally it is scuffed enough in the blasting for the powder to adhere to... all other mill finish ally is put through the Hexavalent chromate bath.. if u look in the oven pic in the background is pool panels already chromed.

[Pub247]

thanks for clearing that up and your right all our stuff is fresh mill finish fing great to weld compared to cast

[cracker]

Hexavalent chromate bath.. if u look in the oven pic in the background is pool panels already chromed.[/QUOTE]

nasty shit that chromium stuff.

good write up though none the less!

[Pub247]

Glad i dont have to go near it except to drop off pick up stuff. Tell you what burnt powdercoat from welding doesnt smell/taste that good either

[detox_nath83]

2nd that man lol.. i weld those panels up but when im welding something that has been coated already, it stinks.. so grind the paint back further so u dont burn it in future... Cast is poo to weld

the chromate is quite crazy, but the acid is worse being Hydroflouric acid. This acid "pure 100%" melts your bones to a jelly no word of a lie.
my bath is @ 4% mix still crazy at this level the barrels we get it in is @ 60% fkn chemicals :P

[schoey3]

nice man turned up fantastic

[cracker]

2nd that man lol.. i weld those panels up but when im welding something that has been coated already, it stinks.. so grind the paint back further so u dont burn it in future... Cast is poo to weld

the chromate is quite crazy, but the acid is worse being Hydroflouric acid. This acid "pure 100%" melts your bones to a jelly no word of a lie.
my bath is @ 4% mix still crazy at this level the barrels we get it in is @ 60% fkn chemicals :P

id imagine it would hydroflouric acid nasty, chromium is just plane nasty with cancer causing ablitys and the amount of reported cases world wide relating to deformed children etc. horrible shit.

[nemesis_adrasteia]

wondering if you could tell me if powdercoating is a good way to paint up a cars under carriage EG subframe/suspension parts/diff

[detox_nath83]

hmmm hard call really i have done some components for the undercarriage, i would rather just a good spray paint and surface prep more so for these type of things

[detox_nath83]

Righto so i have a few other things on the go










and painted the rail Anotec Dark Grey Matt

[detox_nath83]

Ok lads thought i would add this to the list. If anyone is interested what VE Gts/R8/Clubsport 19" rims look like Painted Gloss Black, might even inspire some what
It came out looking amazing, pics dont do justice.

Blasted

Coated

Baked

[Tim Smtih]

Wow that looks great! Where abouts on the Sunshine Coast is your work? I might get some stuff done.

[detox_nath83]

mate im in Warana...corner main drive and kawana way....

they looked mad.