Powdercoating

[67Sally]

Originally Posted by 907rs

Yes, it is a bit overkill, but I like it.

If I'm not mistaken, Troy has done powdercoat on the underside of a few of his builds as well.

Yep. Sick Fish was powder coated (the whole unibody).
W.

[syborg tt]

I am looking into Electrostatic coating on my project vs. Powder.

Some of the benifits is that it doesn't require an oven.

They can do it on site.

Almost the exact same strength as powder.

[XcYZ]

Marty, how does that work if there's no oven?

[907rs]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Marty, how does that work if there's no oven?

Scott, it works on the same premise as powder coating but actual paint comes out of the gun.

You get much less waste and better coverage. A company I used to work for had a set up. It was pretty trick.

[XcYZ]

And it has almost the same strength/durability as powdercoating?

[907rs]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

And it has almost the same strength/durability as powdercoating?

My guess would be that it would depend on the material being applied, as you could spray just about anything that would flow through the gun.

[907rs]

Here's a link that I found.

http://metalpainters.com/theelectrostaticprocess/

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

Marty, how does that work if there's no oven?

I am going to his shop on Friday of this week. I will try to get as much info as possible.

One of the other benifits according to the guy i was talking with is you can apply it over bodywork.

[customcam]

Originally Posted by Blown353

I've got an oven big enough here at work that could easily accomodate 3 large (think Chevy B-body) cars. Unfortunately we aren't in the powdercoating business... at least during weekdays.

That being said I would much rather e-coat a car than powdercoat. E-coating gets EVERYWHERE because it's dipped.

I'd also be worried about possible warping the body because of the 400F or so cure temps...

They wouldnt put the temp that high to warp the body surely??

[71Nova]

One of my friends told me about that stuff. I guess they had some large file cabinets done at his work. He said that it was not a powder. It was a wet paint that was atracted to the electrical charge on the metal file cabinets. They painted them right in the office without getting paint on anything else.