PowderCoat Oven

Boodrodon Dykes · Dec 18, 2005

Its a little off topic, but I found this powdercoat oven for sale. And its only $500. If I had a little more money, I would consider it. It would be nice to have one.

Boodro

Scott Tanner · Dec 19, 2005

a little pricey for the size... i use a old kitchen oven i found on the side of the road with bigger dimensions.. cost me 30 bucks for a new element, tho... works good

Travis Munday · Dec 19, 2005

Yeah, regular household ovens work fine. Although it's a good idea to use it with plenty of ventilation if the door doesn't seal well.

I've been on the look-out for a cheap electric oven so I can do some powder coating of my own.

JK II · Dec 19, 2005

I've been waiting for Travis to get one so I can send him stuff to powdercoat for me.

Boodrodon Dykes · Dec 19, 2005

I liked the part of Trades considered, I got a plenty of computers I could trade.

Boodro

Richard L · Dec 19, 2005

I have been powder-coating my LeverLift/EZLift parts for about 5 years and have gotten by with Toaster-ovens. They work great for small items and are cheap enought to just throw away if they fail. I have upgraded twice going to larger units each time.

The last one I have been using for over a year is a rotiserie oven I picked up at Harbor Freight. It is much heigher, wider and deeper than most standard toaster-ovens and it only cost about $39. I keep the temperature set to 400 degrees and I just turn the timer to 30 minutes and start cooking the parts. It shuts off in 30 minutes even if I forget to.

All Powder-coating ovens should be used in a well ventilated area. I use mine only in my garage and then I open the overhead door when I'm powder-coating.

I wired two 50 amp circuits to hook up a nice used kitchen oven if I ever find one, but I have not been looking real hard yet. Heck, I've seen some new ones on sale at Sears for only about $269, so one should be able to find a decent used one for about $50 or less.

...Rich

Travis Munday · Dec 19, 2005

lol JoHn....I'll let you know when I get one. I need to PC my plate bracket, upcoming under-bed mattery mount, and a few other things. if I can find an oven big enough, I've been throwing around the idea of PC'ing my wheel-centers black or gunmetal.