Powder Coating Run:

[He Man]

Fired up the oven again for Theo. Just thought I shared some pics.

I dont know how many guys are interested, but I have a few personal jobs that I'm going to do, and will be doing an all day PC run. I'm not sure if this breaks forums rules since I don't do this steadily. But for convenience, I am doing a few color days so i dont have to keep swapping out powders. If this break forum rules, feel free to delete this thread.

Yes this is for profit. PM if interested.

But here's Theos brackets. It was really nice to work with CLEAN metals for once. All I had to do was toughen it up with some glass beads heat it and hot flock it + 10 mins.

Before


After

[ducpainter]

Fired up the oven again for Theo. Just thought I shared some pics.

I dont know how many guys are interested, but I have a few personal jobs that I'm going to do, and will be doing an all day PC run. I'm not sure if this breaks forums rules since I don't do this steadily. But for convenience, I am doing a few color days so i dont have to keep swapping out powders. If this break forum rules, feel free to delete this thread.

Yes this is for profit. PM if interested.

But here's Theos brackets. It was really nice to work with CLEAN metals for once. All I had to do was toughen it up with some glass beads heat it and hot flock it + 10 mins.

Before


After

It's against forum rules for two reasons...

first you didn't agree to pick up all the flounders bar tabs for a month...no one rides free...

and second, one of your pics doesn't work.

[He Man]

fixed, how much do you guys drink? PM details? 

[ducpainter]

fixed, how much do you guys drink? PM details? 

we drink an incredible amount.

[The Mad King Pepe']

After

Nice work!

Don't have anything now, but I'll keep you in mind for the little special I'm putting together. 

[Monster Dave]

ok, from someone who's never done any powder coating or had parts done, what sort of work has to be done to the parts when they return prior to putting them back on the bike? For example, if someone wanted to powder coat their header pipe, would anything need to be done first or could it be remounted right away?

[booger]

Can't powdercoat a header pipe. Have to ceramic coat it. Powdercoat will not withstand header temps.

With all other parts just clean any threaded holes out of overspray and install. It's that easy!

[TAftonomos]

Woot, can't wait to install these.  Got the new blacked out Ohlins forks on a few mins ago.  These will nearly complete the puzzle.  A bit of wiring, and it's riding.

Big upgrades are the BST's, Ohlins damper, custom triples/R&T Ohlins, and the exhaust I made for it.  The HID light, and other bits just round it out.

Here is hoping the BST's and damper make all the difference that people say they will

[He Man]

ok, from someone who's never done any powder coating or had parts done, what sort of work has to be done to the parts when they return prior to putting them back on the bike? For example, if someone wanted to powder coat their header pipe, would anything need to be done first or could it be remounted right away?

1- Strip any old paint off
2- degrease
3- Etch the surface ( i use glass beads)
4- If steel then immediately wash off the glass beads, dry with cloth and throw in the dry it up quickly (rust). I have heard you can just wipe off the glass beads and spray like that, ive never tried it because i dont want to have to strip and do it over again so i just rewash)

If it is a cast part, then i generally leave it in the oven for about 20-40 minutes depending on what material it is. Out of the oven i wipe it down with alcohol, and then hot flock powder onto it and throw it back in the oven for the required time (each piece is different).



Prep is most of the labor. Cleaning is the hardest part. Sometimes you cant help but get a spec of gas and you get a little defect in the part. For cast aluminum, i find it impossible to not get one or two of those little specs. Some parts are just excessively dirty and it makes for a lot of extra work for me. If i use glass beads on it when its not clean, theres a chance i can just push the grime into the pores and the coating will come out with specs over that area.

And as bergdoerfer said, you cant PC headers. I have a powder that is rated for 1200 degrees, but i find that it does not really work that well. But it does look nice for exhaust can sleeves.

[He Man]

the real point is to be able to get every bodies item in one shot, so i can spend 1 day stripping original paint, 1 day washing and blasting, and coat it. and do 1 color all at once since i lose a significant amount of powder from switching colors for small batches. this way everyone knows the schedule.


Ohlins Spring, Stripped of original yellow and PCed


Satin Black


This is called Solar Rain which is over real chrome. However since i couldnt etch the real chrome, the powder litterally flaked off the second it was put to real use.



This is the swingarm on my bike. I did another in satin black as well but dont have pics. the satin looks dopeeee this one is a pregnant dog to keep glossy since i never wash my bike.


Wheel, and sprocket carrier cover( yes i did the nuts too).

[ducatiz]

fixed, how much do you guys drink? PM details? 

send him a bottle of this 

[ducpainter]

send him a bottle of this 

Is it vodka?

[thought]

it's baijiu... and it tastes like crap.  haha, but it has up to 65% alch...

from the wikipedia entry:

Taste

Baijiu has a distinctive smell and taste that is highly valued in Chinese culinary culture. Connoisseurs of the beverage focus especially on its fragrance.

However, a number of accounts, generally from non-Chinese reviewers, comment unfavorably on the taste of baijiu, comparing it with paint thinner, rubbing alcohol, and diesel fuel. The typically high ABV of much baijiu is commonly cited by the Chinese as the reason for these impressions.[2][3]
[edit] Pricing

Low grades of baijiu can be quite inexpensive; a bottle of roughly 250 mL (8 Ounces) may be purchased for the same price as a can of beer. However, higher grades, which are often aged for many years, can be quite expensive; the highest grade of Wuliangye (五粮液) retails for 26,800 yuan (US$3,375).[4] Some popular varieties of baijiu include Maotai jiu, gaoliang jiu, erguotou, Luzhou Laojiao (Luzhou Old Cellar), and Wuliangye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu

funny thing is that in china, people there can down this like water... but get wasted in seconds off vodka or any other western spirit.

and i can confirm the tasting like paint thinner comment btw :\  haha

[ducatiz]

Is it vodka?

it's more like fermented and distilled ass.

[Jarvicious]

Mmmmmmmm

Love me some distilled ass 

Thanks for the recommendation on Powder by the Pound, He Man.  I have some flat black that I'll be doing some testing on before reassembling the bike.