So A bunch of us checked out DrSwiger's thread about a Craftsman power coat gun that can be found for CHEAP. How cheap? SERIOUSLY cheap. Try $30 and $15 shipped. I ordered one from ebay Tuesday (I think it was Tues) and it was at my doorstep this morning.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150808461371?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
There's handfuls of these on eBay. The thing that got me about this was that it's COMPRESSORLESS! I'm in an apartment and don't have the luxury of having any of my old tools (that I gave away a couple of years ago). So I took it upon myself to make a craptacular paint booth with a way to ground and hang my items, and grabbed a toaster oven.
I'll give a run down in the images and let you judge of the quality. I think it came out good, but I did jack up the smallest piece because I wanted to see how well I could mask a piece, powder it, and peel the mask away. I wasn't familiar with how the powder coats and the durability of it from the time you finish painting it to when you're ready to throw it in the oven. Turns out it's easy to screw it up.
Also, I didn't realize the bushing in the clutch pedal was f'n PLASTIC and it melted out. Until I can find this part again, I've got some rubber sheets in it to take up the slack. It's working fine, but I'm going to see if I can order that bushing asap.
Cat not included
Gun with hole plugs, hooks, masking tape
Box with holes cut out for my grounding/hanging rod
Craptastic paint booth! Maybe later I'll get a filter and cut a hole in the back to plug in a vacuum cleaner hose
Black and Decker oven I chose. $40, biggest space I could find for the money.
Also, I got this one because of the raised sides. I wanted to drill hooks in the side wall.
Hooks drilled on side and bottom
First set I'll be doing. My clutch assembly but not the rod. It's too long to shove in my oven. It's plastidipped so I peeled it off (pretty easy)
Acetone'd these pieces
Threw the paint box in my bathtub. I'm not sure how random this powder is so I figured I'd start light and see how much of a control I can get with the spray. Also, the gun has a ground clamp connected to the wall socket. So no need to find a ground.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/150808461371?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
There's handfuls of these on eBay. The thing that got me about this was that it's COMPRESSORLESS! I'm in an apartment and don't have the luxury of having any of my old tools (that I gave away a couple of years ago). So I took it upon myself to make a craptacular paint booth with a way to ground and hang my items, and grabbed a toaster oven.
I'll give a run down in the images and let you judge of the quality. I think it came out good, but I did jack up the smallest piece because I wanted to see how well I could mask a piece, powder it, and peel the mask away. I wasn't familiar with how the powder coats and the durability of it from the time you finish painting it to when you're ready to throw it in the oven. Turns out it's easy to screw it up.
Also, I didn't realize the bushing in the clutch pedal was f'n PLASTIC and it melted out. Until I can find this part again, I've got some rubber sheets in it to take up the slack. It's working fine, but I'm going to see if I can order that bushing asap.
Cat not included
Gun with hole plugs, hooks, masking tape
Box with holes cut out for my grounding/hanging rod
Craptastic paint booth! Maybe later I'll get a filter and cut a hole in the back to plug in a vacuum cleaner hose
Black and Decker oven I chose. $40, biggest space I could find for the money.
Also, I got this one because of the raised sides. I wanted to drill hooks in the side wall.
Hooks drilled on side and bottom
First set I'll be doing. My clutch assembly but not the rod. It's too long to shove in my oven. It's plastidipped so I peeled it off (pretty easy)
Acetone'd these pieces
Threw the paint box in my bathtub. I'm not sure how random this powder is so I figured I'd start light and see how much of a control I can get with the spray. Also, the gun has a ground clamp connected to the wall socket. So no need to find a ground.