[HomeBrew] Powdercoating costs???

Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:12:13 -0400

Could you not do the sand blasting stage yourself before taking it to them and save 
a lot of money then?

There are tools sold in the USA for sand blasting. Best I remember tey are not too 
expensive to acquire. The you could use it repeatedly for all of your cabinet 
projects!

On 10 Jun 2003 at 22:29, bhat srikanth wrote:

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> Jim is right - I powder coated some of my older radio cabinets (here
> in India) and it cost me a fortune. Infact removal of old powder coat
> was more expensive than doing a fresh one on a unpowder coated
> surface. They needed to sand blast it or something for a long time to
> get rid of old powder coat. It totally costed me equivalent to 30$,
> and in Indian money that is quite a lot. But the finish was worth it!
> 
> 73
> Sri, vu2sbj
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> 
> Jim Higgins KB3PU <[email protected]> wrote:
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> At 10:40 06/10/03, kwylow zinjanthropus wrote:
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> >All: Does anyone on this list have any experiences with powdercoating
> >and it's costs (besides me)?
> >
> >Just yesterday, I brought a scratched up AT-1 cabinet to a local
> >powdercoater here in the Monterey/Salinas area. They wanted to charge
> >me $80 for the coat! Of course, I turned down the offer and moved on.
> >I know powdercoating is a great finish and probably is better than
> >most conventional paints but I'm pretty sure $80 is just far too
> >much. Anyone has an opinion on this? Thanks. Cal. N6KYR.
> 
> The powder coating process involves several degreasing and cleaning
> steps, often including a hot phosphatizing operation, followed by
> coating and baking. It's a lot more than just coating. Did you ask
> what they were going to actually do for the price? You should find it
> included removal of the old paint since it is not at all a good idea
> to recoat using powder, and that coupled with all the above, plus the
> one-of-a-kind nature of the work, probably lead to the seemingly high
> cost. If you're willing to have your AT-1 painted a color they use
> regularly you might get it done at a reduced cost, otherwise you're
> going to pay for all the powder waste associated with a color change -
> and that stuff isn't cheap.
> 
> 
> 73 de Jim, KB3PU
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