DIY powder coating

[drewpy]

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=

[pilninggas]

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.

[bertbuckie]

thanks for the interesting info

[Guest MaD.VeZ]

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. 

[pilninggas]

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.

[Guest MaD.VeZ]

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