[TheForge] duracoat finish

[ries]

I guess I was thrown off by duracoat using a phosphate converter as  
the first step- at least thats what they say on their website.

Of course, my viewpoint in general is slanted- I tend to think BIG.

When I hear of people forging 1/4" round, I scratch my head- how do  
you even SEE stuff that small?
I am not a jewelry guy, unless its sorta large jewelry- I did make a  
ring a couple of years ago, the diamond was about 18" on a side, and  
the ring was a 4 foot diameter. I guess I have big fingers.

I tend to think about finishes I can use on 100 feet of fence, or a 35  
foot tall sculpture, so when I see those little bottles of Duracoat, I  
just think about how many garbage cans full of empty bottles it would  
take to coat an average project of mine.

My favorite galvanizer has a 40' tank.
My electropolisher has an 8 foot long tank, but we have figured ways  
around that tiny size, and can make sub-assemblies that we assemble  
after polishing.
When I was making chairs, the batch size was limited by how many we  
could fit in the back of the pickup, blanket wrapped, after  
powdercoating- usually about a dozen, although we could do 24 stools.


Everybody has their own perspective.

ries


On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:27 AM, Chuck Robinson wrote:

Reis,
I think you are confusing Dura coat with rust converters.
Duracoat is a special  hard epoxy finish. Used on objects that  
require  a
very durable  abrasion resistant coating.
Chuck

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