[Hallicrafters] Powder Coating

[bonddaleena at aol.com]

I haven't used the Harbor Freight system, but have experience with the 
Craftsman setup.

To effectively use this system (or any Powder Coat), you need a 
dedicated oven. Used (junk) electric ranges are ideal.
The 'powder' is just that. A plastic type powder that is 
electro-statically attached to the metal host. Sorry, it does NOT work 
on non-metal items. For that you need a vacuum deposition chamber).

Anyway, the powder melts at 400 degrees F and is VERY durable. I have 
seen 2 pieces of tubing that were beat against each other. The tubing 
deformed, but the Powder Coat was fine.

A lot of the high-end street rods being built today, have the ENTIRE 
chassis Powder Coated. Will look good almost forever.


73

ron

N4UE

-----Original Message-----
From: Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com>
To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:22 am
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Powder Coating




I don't know how well this works, but Harbor Freight has a sale going 
right now
on a powder coating system for $59.99 in the catalog that I got 
yesterday. They
also are selling powder coat paint for $4.99 per 16 ounce container in 
black,
white, yellow, and red. From the photo in the catalog the system 
consists of a
paint gun, power supply, hose, and foot pedal for controlling the paint 
flow.

The part number of the system is 94244 and the paint part numbers are 
as
follows:

Black 93306
White 93307
Yellow 93308
Red 93309

Supposedly the system works with any "standard" powder coating paint.

Glen, K9STH

Website: http://k9sth.com



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