just got this email from Frost

looks good

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9559&frostProductName=HotCoat%20Powder%20Coating%20Gun&catID=&frostCat=&frostSubCat=&subCatID=

we do something similar in work, we heat the metal up either in the oven, in the hearth or with a propane gun and then plunge it into a pot of aerated plastic dust particles. Gives a decent coating and if its done right is as good as a professional powder coat.

Not sure where buy our plastic, but i know we have yellow and blue. I powered coated some dog-bones for my FZR1000 last year using this 'diy' method.

thanks for the interesting info

we do something similar in work, we heat the metal up either in the oven, in the hearth or with a propane gun and then plunge it into a pot of aerated plastic dust particles.  Gives a decent coating and if its done right is as good as a professional powder coat.

Not sure where buy our plastic, but i know we have yellow and blue.  I powered coated some dog-bones for my FZR1000 last year using this 'diy' method.

We used the same method with a propane torch and a bucket of powder for coating a coat hangar in school, it was multi-coloured and looked good when cooled. 

We used the same method with a propane torch and a bucket of powder for coating a coat hangar in school, it was multi-coloured and looked good when cooled. 

makes sense - i'm a teacher! Our 'powder coating pot', is a pukka bit of kit tho', must have cost a few bob.

makes sense - i'm a teacher!  Our 'powder coating pot', is a pukka bit of kit tho', must have cost a few bob.

I wondered if it wasn't a mixed batch of discarded powder that we used, probably sourced cheaply if the rest of the school was anything to go by. It was in a plastic bucket.  

What kit is required? 

From memory all we had was the torch and the bucket